The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs (Unofficial Guides)

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would not recommend buying- not very useful info

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Useful book for OSCE preparation. However, I didn't think that this book offered anything extra that isn't available in other competitor OSCE preparation books. It offers a mix of notes on history taking and patient examination. If I was to buy this book again, I would consider buying it at the start of my clinical studies as it have a lot of basic information which can be helpful for students starting off. May suit different students, depending on how you like to study.

This book is priceless. There are plenty of images explaining everything, and the book is organized in such a fashion that it is easy to study and organize your clinical examination skills in your mind so as to be able to perform them properly during OSCE exams. I definitely recommend it to any medical student.

Good book. Saves time to review.

The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCE’s is an outstanding book – easy to read yet extensive in its teaching. It is brilliantly condensed into an interesting and informative handbook giving the essentials in order to pass a much stressed-over exam for medical students nationwide. The use of pop-out information boxes makes the content easier to remember, both the general and the details, with additions such as ‘present your findings’ ensuring that learning how to remain slick whilst carrying out the required steps is manageable. This provides a fantastic and holistic approach to preparing for OSCE’s.As a second year medical student I am currently learning for several clinical competencies throughout the year in the lead up to my OSCE’s in the summer. I recently had to perform a respiratory examination on a patient during GP placement and found that having learned from Zeshan’s guide I was much more able to go through each stage of the examination methodically thanks to the structured set-up of the book working from inspection, to palpation, to percussion to auscultation. Not only this but the book also clearly sets out exactly what signs/symptoms you are looking for and what they could mean: for example the different causes of clubbing and chest wall shapes. This meant that on questioning from the GP I was able to answer many more of his questions than I would have been able to without the help of the book and received excellent feedback from the exam. I also very much enjoy the colour-coding layout of each section, and that each chapter is clearly marked from the outside cover making finding what you want easy and accessible.My only complaints for this inspiring clinical handbook would be perhaps the inclusion of page numbers at the beginning of each chapter, making finding what you want that much quicker and easier, and an index at the back. A little more detail could be included in some sections, for example explaining how to palpate during a GI examination.Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone learning for a clinical exam. It is well structured and clearly set out with easy to read information boxes along the way, aiding in your learning. A definite must for OSCE revision and preparation!

Great book available for a great price (£19.99 with amazon prime).It presents information in an easy and understandable way, the way it presents information is sufficient for a final year OSCE at most institutions I suspect, but it is not all encompassing. You would need to supplement this with something like the Masterpass series (which are the best OSCE books available ATM) which is more concise of lower quality in each station but more encompassing of various stations and what check box marks may be available for.Here's an example of what I mean. The prescription charts in this book are excellent in the explanation they give however the example charts only show what is assumed to be relevant to the particular station for example none of the stations show an entire prescription chart (with stat/once only, regular, PRN and fluids). You of course have to familiar with the charts you will be given in the OSCE as sections will vary but you get what I mean I hope. Excellent information but you will need to supplement it to get an entire prescription chart.Well worth the price, it's too much to ask for a book to take you from beginning to end for a final year OSCE. 4 stars.