Monday, 9 September 2019

Tutorial 9th. September 2019



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Structured discussion. Labour ward scenario 1.
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Structured discussion. The uses of MgSO4 in O&G.
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Teaching. Breech delivery.
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Role-play. Pre-pregnancy counselling. Dad recently diagnosed with Huntington’s disease.

10. Structured discussion. Labour ward scenario 1.
You are the registrar on duty and responsible for the labour and gynae wards. You have just had the handover. Your task is to discuss the overall management of the wards with the examiner, to prioritise the patients and decide the allocation of staff to care for them.
This station was written for the first tutorial I ran for the OSCE exam when it was introduced more than 20 years ago. There are a number of phrases and concepts that reveal this distant origin, but I have retained them for nostalgic reasons. I ran the tutorial on a Sunday afternoon when I was on-call and using what was happening on the labour and gynae wards that day.
Labour Ward. Sunday 13.00 hours.

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Mrs JH
Primigravida. T+8. In labour. 6 cms.
2
Mrs AH
Primigravida at T. In labour. 5 cms.
3
Mrs. BH
Para 2. 30 days post delivery. 2ry. PPH > 1,000 ml. Hb. 9.3.
4
Mrs SB
Primigravida. 32/52 gestation. Admitted 30 minutes ago. Abdominal pain + 200 ml. bleeding. Nephrostomy tube in situ - not draining since this morning. Low placenta on 20 week scan.
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Mrs KW
Para 1. In labour. Cx. 5 cm. Ceph at spines.
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Mrs KT
Para 0+1. 38 weeks. SROM. Ceph 2 cm. above spines. Clear liquor.
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Mrs TB
Para 1. T+4. Clinically big baby. Cx fully dilated for 1 hour. Early decelerations.
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Mrs RJ
Primigravida. Epidural. RIF pain. Cx fully dilated for 1 hour. Shallow late decelerations. OT position. Distressed ++. BP /105. ++ protein. Urine output 50 ml in past 4 hours.
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Mrs KC
Transfer from ICU. 13 days after delivery of 32 week twins. Laparotomy on day 7 for pelvic pain and fever. Infected endometriotic cyst removed. IV antibiotics changed to oral.
Gynaecology ward.
8 major post-operative cases who have been seen on the morning ward round and are stable. The husband of a patient who had Wertheim's hysterectomy on the Friday was asking to see a doctor for a report on the operation.

1
Mrs JB
10 week incomplete miscarriage. Hb. 10.8. Moderate fresh bleeding.
2
Ms AS
19 years old. Nulliparous. Just admitted with left iliac fossa pain. Scan shows unilocular 5 cm. ovarian cyst.
Medical staff:
Consultant at home. Registrar - you.
Senior House Officer with 12 months experience.
Registrar in Anaesthesia.
Consultant Anaesthetist on call at home.
Midwifery staff:
Senior Sister. Trained to take theatre cases. Able to site IVs and suture episiotomies and tears.
3 staff midwives. 1 trained to take theatre cases. Two able to site IV infusions.
1 Community midwife looking after Mrs. KW.
2 Pupil Midwives.

11. Structured discussion. The uses of MgSO4 in O&G.
Candidate’s instructions.
This is about the uses of MgSO4 in O&G. It says ‘Structured discussion’, but I have made it like a viva to make it harder.
The examiner will not ask questions, prompt or otherwise assist. It is up to you to give as full an account of the uses as you can muster.

12. Teach a trainee the essentials of breech delivery.
You are an SpR5 and on duty of the labour ward. Things are quiet and the consultant has asked you to teach a new FY1 about breech delivery.

13. Role-play. Pre-pregnancy counselling.

Candidate's Instructions.
You are the SpR in the pre-pregnancy counselling clinic.
Mary Smith has been referred.
The GP referral letter is brief. “Please see this woman who is considering becoming pregnant. Her father has Huntington’s chorea, about which I know very little.”
Your task is to take a history and advise about appropriate investigations.


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