Explaining a New Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes and Addressing Fears of Insulin
A timed 10-minute communication 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.
Communication10 min14 checklist items
- Station type
- Communication
- Time
- 10 minutes, after 60s reading
- Total marks
- 22
- Critical items
- 3 (missing one fails the station)
Candidate instructions
Setting: Outpatient diabetes clinic. Task: Explain the new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes to a 50-year-old man who is frightened of insulin. He is anxious about injecting insulin and believes it is the end of his life. You have 10 minutes. The patient is played by an actor. At the end of the consultation, you must check his understanding of what you have explained. Use plain language and avoid jargon.
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, 14 weighted items worth 22 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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Educational content for students and clinicians in training. It does not replace professional judgement, local protocols or current prescribing information.