Hey
OSCE’s stands for Observed Structured Clinical Exam. I had my first OSCE in my 4th year; I was scared as hell, but the first one was a practice anyway…..
Personally, I think OSCE’s are very useful, it can identify your strengths and weaknesses. I had about 8 different stations and a 30 minute checking exercise. On each station we had about 5-6 minutes to complete the activity. You can take in your BNF and MEP as well.
Station 1: Counseling a patient
Station 2: Responding to symptoms
Station 3: Law questions/ ethical decision making
Station 4: Hospital drug chart
Station 5: Checking CD’s
Station 6: Drug Interactions
Station 7: Vet Rx
Something like that, I can’t remember the other ones (will have to look at my 4th year notes).
OSCE’s will vary between different schools, but I believe most of them now have OSCE’s in place.
Hope that helps....