Cranial Nerve Examination for Left Facial Weakness
A timed 10-minute physical examination OSCE station with reading time, a warning bell and an examiner-style weighted checklist including critical items, marked the way a real examiner would mark it.
Physical examination10 min15 checklist items
- Station type
- Physical examination
- Time
- 10 minutes, after 60s reading
- Total marks
- 18
- Critical items
- 2 (missing one fails the station)
Candidate instructions
You are a foundation doctor in the outpatient clinic. A 45-year-old woman presents with a left facial weakness. Perform a cranial nerve examination to determine whether she has an upper or lower motor neurone lesion. You have 10 minutes. Explain your findings at the end.
How the station runs
- 60 seconds of reading time with the instructions above, and nothing else.
- 10 minutes on the clock, with a warning bell before the end.
- The examiner's checklist, 15 weighted items worth 18 marks, revealed only when the station ends.
- Your score, with a critical-fail flag if a safety-critical item was missed.
The checklist stays hidden until the station is over, exactly as it would outside the exam room.
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A free account starts the clock: reading time, the station itself with a warning bell, then the examiner's checklist and your score.
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