Pharmacy OSCEs: A revision guide

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interacting with a “Standardized Patient” or “Standardized Client” or “Standardized Health Professional” to resolve a drug therapy problem or ethical dilemma This section forms the foundation of the medication history. There are six key pieces of information you need to obtain about each of the medications the patient is taking – sometimes referred to as ‘ the super six‘. 1. What is the medication? (drug name or characteristics)

Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE-5 inhibitors). These drugs arrest PDE-5, allowing for the prolongation of cGMP and subsequent relaxation of penile blood vessels (sildenafil, vardenafil, avanafil). A patient’s social history can provide useful information when reviewing their pharmaceutical care. For example, smoking tobacco induces enzymes that speed up the metabolism of theophylline and changes in vitamin K consumption can reduce the efficacy of warfarin. Asking about a patient’s social history also facilitates asking questions about any recreational drug use such as cannabis or ecstasy.Krska J, Cromarty J, Arris F, Jamieson D, Hansford D. Providing pharmaceutical care using a systematic approach. The Pharmaceutical Journal. 2000;265:656 – 660. Exam language– The exam is provided in French or English. You must indicate in which language you wish to take the exam and are then required to complete the exam in that language. In terms of employability, it is also important that the pharmacy student develops the ability to ‘think on their feet’. Being able to make a decision, in a timely manner, which optimises patient care is one of the key skills that employers ask for time and time again.

Abdel-Tawab R, James DH, Fichtinger A, Clatworthy J, Horne R, Davies G. Development and validation of the Medication-Related Consultation Framework (MRCF). Patient Education and Counseling. 2011;83:451-457. Decisions about which medication should be prescribed should be shared with patients and carers. About 1 out of every 10 prescribed medications are never started and about 50% of medications are not taken as they’re prescribed. Including patients in decisions about their care increases the likelihood that they will start and continue to take their medication. Information that should be included on a prescription Name of the drug Authoring Team: The task of developing OSCE stations can be started after deciding on the examination content and should be undertaken by pharmacy faculty well acquainted with the curriculum and its objectives. Detailed explanations and guidelines that have been reviewed, edited, and agreed upon by the coordinating committee should be given to authors for different stations.An objective structured clinical examination ( OSCE) is an approach to the assessment of clinical competence in which the components are assessed in a planned or structured way with attention being paid to the objectivity of the examination which is basically an organization framework consisting of multiple stations around which students rotate and at which students perform and are assessed on specific tasks. [1] OSCE is a modern [2] type of examination often used for assessment in health care disciplines.