OSCE risk assessment
station practice.

What to practise

Use invented histories to discuss falls, skin integrity or a change in mental wellbeing. Consider mobility, cognition, environment, support and what matters to the person.

This is a preparation category, not a prediction of a particular examination station. Read the candidate instructions and respond to the person and task you are given.

Make your approach clear

• Ask about previous events and the person’s usual ability before suggesting a plan.
• Link each identified risk to a specific preventive action.
• Explain when the plan needs review and who needs the handover.

Rehearsal prompt: “I will explain what I am checking, what I have found and what needs to happen next.” Adapt the words to the actual findings; do not memorise a claim you cannot support.

Common ways to lose the thread

• Using a risk label without an individual care plan.
• Assuming family can provide help without asking.
• Leaving new concerns unreported because a form is incomplete.