Male Urethral Catheterisation with Aseptic Technique
A timed 10-minute procedure 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.
Procedure10 min12 checklist items
- Station type
- Procedure
- Time
- 10 minutes, after 60s reading
- Total marks
- 23
- Critical items
- 5 (missing one fails the station)
Candidate instructions
You are a medical student on the urology ward. Mr. John Smith, a 72-year-old male, has acute urinary retention with a bladder scan showing 800 mL residual urine. You are required to perform male urethral catheterisation on a manikin using aseptic technique. You must explain the procedure to the patient, gain consent, perform the catheterisation, and document the residual volume. 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 23 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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