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How to prepare. Picking a course. Communication skills. Study
partner. What topics did not feature in the part 2?
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Possible specialist tutorials: urodynamics,
statistics, paper critique
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Viva. Part 3 exam. The examiner will ask you 6 questions
about the part 3 exam.
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Basic “blurbs” to write and practise.
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Role-play. How to introduce oneself.
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Role-play. Healthy, nulliparous. Brother with cystic fibrosis.
Pre-pregnancy counselling.
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Viva. Pertussis.
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1. Preparation
for Part 3.
How to prepare. Picking a course. Communication skills. Study
partner. What topics did not feature in the part 2?
2. Possible specialist tutorials.
I usually arrange specialist tutorials e.g. urodynamics,
statistics, paper critique. ? neonatal resucitation.
3. Viva. Part 3 exam structure.
Candidate’s instructions.
This is a viva station. The examiner will ask you 6
questions about the Part 3 exam.
4. Basic ‘blurbs’.
It is important to prepare basic blocks of text that are likely to
feature in the exam. E.g. setting the scene for breaking bad news, dealing with
the information in a GP referral letter, general pre-pregnancy counselling,
recessive inheritance, x-linked inheritance, how to ask if role-player has
questions, dealing with information such as a relative with a serious problem
etc. Make a list! Then practise until they flow from the tongue.
5. How to introduce yourself.
Candidate’s instructions.
You are about to see a patient referred for pre-pregnancy
counselling.
The GP letter just asks you to ‘see and advise’ about
pregnancy.
This station is intended to make you think about how best
to introduce yourself and get a conversation ‘up and running’.
6. Role-play. Brother has cystic fibrosis.
Candidate's Instructions.
This is a roleplay station. You are a year 4 SpR and are
in the gynaecology clinic.
The consultant has just left you in charge as she is
feeling unwell and has gone to lie down.
Your task is to deal with the patient as you would in
real life.
GP referral letter.
Best
Medical Centre,
High Road,
Anytown.
Practice Manager: Mary Wright. B.SC., RGN.
Phone: 01882 78998 ext. 23.
Re. Mrs.
Bonnie Black,
25 Low
Road,
Anytown.
DOB: 28
January 1990.
Phone:
07889 888 132.
Dear Doctor,
Please see
Mrs Black who is planning her first pregnancy. Her main concern is that her
brother has cystic fibrosis.
This was
the first time I had met her although she has been registered with us for 5
years – her health is good and she has no history of serious illness or
surgery.
I have
explained that I don’t know much about the implications of the brother’s cystic
fibrosis for her potential pregnancies and that she needs to talk to an expert.
I have stressed that the risk of her having a child with cystic fibrosis is
high and that she needs to be aware that there is a distinct likelihood that
any pregnancy would be likely to be affected and need TOP.
Yours
sincerely,
John P.
Clatter.
7. Viva. Pertussis.
Candidate’s instructions.
The examiner will ask you 6 questions.
