Examination skills: General advice for candidates

“PERLE bedside-examination-course for candidates in state examination” – Developing a training program for the third part of medical state examination (oral examination with practical skills)

INTRODUCTION In preparation for the state examination, many students have open questions and a need for advice. Tutors of the Skills Lab PERLE-"Praxis ERfahren und Lernen" (experiencing and learning practical skills) have developed a new course concept to provide support and practical assistance for the examinees. OBJECTIVES The course aims to familiarize the students with the exam situation ...

Resuscitation skills of MRCP candidates.

Identifying candidates for safer sex advice and other prevention interventions

This document provides further detail on the evidence used and the issues considered in developing the UK National Guideline on Safer Sex Advice. The objective of the Guideline document is to provide guidance for practitioners in Level 3 Genitourinary medicine (GUM) services (Tier 5 in Scotland) on safer sex advice provided in sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV management consultation...

Comparison of two instruments for assessing communication skills in a general practice objective structured clinical examination.

OBJECTIVE In recent decades, there has been increased interest in tools for assessing and improving the communication skills of general practice trainees. Recently, experts in the field rated the older Maas Global (MG) and the newer Common Ground (CG) instruments among the better communication skills assessment tools. This report seeks to establish their cross-validity. METHODS Eighty trainee...

Citizens' advice in general practice.

OBJECTIVE To examine the introduction of citizens advice bureau sessions into general practice. DESIGN Prospective survey of 150 consecutive attenders. SETTING 10 Practices in south Birmingham that volunteered to participate. OUTCOME MEASURES The social characteristics of the population attending, the problems presented, the social security and other payments obtained, and the health prob...