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At Brighton we have one OSCE every year but each year they get abit harder. The first year OSCE is relatively easy all you need to do is dispense a prescription with no errors and take a drug history from a patient. As long as you respect your patient and ask the right questions, eg drug allergies you pass. Each year they add on a section like you have to make an intervention to a prescription.

I personally like OSCEs as on my course they do count for about the same as a large written exam but you are tested more on your ability to 'act like a pharmacist' ie talking to patients, dispensing, completing a care plan, then being able to rattle off lots of intricate facts. They can seem daunting but its much easier then situations you may be faced with when you start work, I think its a good way of gentley getting you used to working with patients.