Informed Consent for Diagnostic Upper GI Endoscopy
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 min12 checklist items
- Station type
- Communication
- Time
- 10 minutes, after 60s reading
- Total marks
- 24
- Critical items
- 3 (missing one fails the station)
Candidate instructions
You are a foundation year 1 doctor in the endoscopy unit. A 48-year-old woman has been referred for a diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to investigate dyspepsia and iron deficiency anaemia. You are required to obtain her informed consent for the procedure. Explain the procedure, its risks, the sedation options, and discuss alternatives. Answer her questions sensitively and check her understanding. You have 10 minutes.
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, 12 weighted items worth 24 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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