Pharmacology Viva: Amiodarone
A timed 8-minute pharmacology 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.
Pharmacology8 min15 checklist items
- Station type
- Pharmacology
- Time
- 8 minutes, after 60s reading
- Total marks
- 25
- Critical items
- 7 (missing one fails the station)
Candidate instructions
You are in a pharmacology viva station. The examiner will ask you to discuss the drug amiodarone. You have 8 minutes. Please cover the following: its mechanism of action, clinical indications, important adverse effects, key drug interactions, and the monitoring required before and during treatment. Answer clearly and concisely. You may be prompted for specific details.
How the station runs
- 60 seconds of reading time with the instructions above, and nothing else.
- 8 minutes on the clock, with a warning bell before the end.
- The examiner's checklist, 15 weighted items worth 25 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.