Timing
The whole exam takes three days out of a possible four to complete. All candidates will sit the OSCE on the first day of the dates allocated to them, followed by the Dental Manikin component on day two and with the Diagnosis and Treatment Planning and Medical Emergencies exams both on day three.
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i) Any masks or eye protection required for a particular station will be provided.
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OSCE Stations
The stations are designed to test different skills or combinations of skills such as:
history taking assessment of a patient simple practical procedures communication patient education clinical judgment decision making ethics professional attitude
Some stations have an actor present, playing a patient or a patients relative, who has been briefed with the relevant information for their role. These stations are used to test the candidates ability to:
discuss treatment options obtain informed consent give oral health education advice interpret radiographic evidence prioritise treatment
These lists are not exhaustive but are representative of the types of stations you may encounter.
Marking
a) Each station is individually marked against the criteria for assessing that particular skill/exercise, so that the total points available for each station may vary, as well as the points needed to pass each station. These marks are transferred into a percentage. b) The percentage marks from each active and contributing OSCE station will be aggregated to provide an overall mark. c) Rest or pilot stations will not count towards the final result. d) A mark of Fail in an individual active station will not necessarily be an automatic fail for the OSCE Exercise as the total percentage marks for the exercise are used to determine whether a candidate has passed or failed.
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Candidate Instructions
Mr/Mrs Green was referred to the Dental Hospital by his/her Dentist for the extraction of carious lower left molar tooth (lower left 7). He/she is fit and healthy but is very anxious. Using appropriate language, tell your patient that you have come to explain his/her treatment and obtain informed consent for an extraction under local anaesthesia today. You are asked to give an explanation of the proposed treatment, so that the patient will have enough information on which to give his/her consent to this procedure. Please complete the consent form at the station.
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