Full cardiovascular examination of a 70-year-old man with a known murmur
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 min14 checklist items
- Station type
- Physical examination
- Time
- 10 minutes, after 60s reading
- Total marks
- 20
- Critical items
- 3 (missing one fails the station)
Candidate instructions
You are a final-year medical student in a clinical skills assessment. You have 10 minutes to perform a full cardiovascular examination of a 70-year-old man with a known murmur, and present your findings to the examiner. The patient is on a trolley at 45 degrees. Ensure you obtain consent and maintain patient dignity throughout. Begin when you are ready.
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 20 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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