OSCE Failure

RE: OSCE Failure

Gail Smith — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:54:25 GMT

Im also doing my 4th attempt :O( Its very frustrating. I know these tasks. But in the exam something goes wrong and I even do weird things i have never done in practice. It;s very odd sensation. I felt ready but clearly my weird brain felt otherwise.

Re: OSCE Failure

Alison Clare Hickman — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:37:33 GMT

Absolutely agree with everything the previous posters have said. Would also add that if you are doing the tasks day to day in practice, (as in, the real world), to the OSCE standard this is the best practice (as in, experience) ever - not to mention how we should all be doing things anyway...

I had one student who had come to me to train because she had failed her OSCE's and we discovered the main problems she had was over-complicating matters and panicking when she 'lost her train of thought/made a slip-up'. So, we practiced keeping strictly to the steps and requirements of the OSCE task. We didn't add or omit anything. She gave the examiner exactly what she/he needed to 'tick off' on their report sheet...As for the 'panic' issue - we practiced it all going wrong and how to step back, count to 5, and breathe in and out slowly/deeply to collect herself, and then carry on.

Yes, she did pass!

Very good luck.

Ali h

Re: OSCE Failure

SharonSP — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:12:18 GMT

I agree with Jane, practice is key. If you can learn to do these tasks to OSCE standard by repetition so you can almost do them in your sleep, then your main priority on the day of the exam is not the task, but learning to control your nerves. Hope all goes well.

Re: OSCE Failure

JaneRVN — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 18:08:24 GMT

In all cases, and especially those that feel they have added nerves issues, practice, practice, practice. When your brain panics you do the things your muscles remember doing most. Therefore if you have bad habits they will creep in.

The more you carry out the tasks to OSCE standard the more likely you are to complete them correctly under stress.

It can help to view the steps in sections. E.G. there are 4-5 in anaesthesia

1)calculation

2) machine check

3) make up circuit

4) leak checks

5) tube checks if required for task.

Easier to recall where the key steps are with this method too.

Have you been re-loggin on your NPL, attended revision courses and been fully supported by college and work? Do you feel ready to re-sit?