Prescribing Postoperative Analgesia after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
A timed 10-minute prescription writing 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.
Prescription writing10 min10 checklist items
- Station type
- Prescription writing
- Time
- 10 minutes, after 60s reading
- Total marks
- 25
- Critical items
- 4 (missing one fails the station)
Candidate instructions
You are a foundation doctor on the surgical ward. A 45-year-old woman has just undergone an uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She weighs 70 kg, has no known drug allergies, and her past medical history is unremarkable. She is currently nil by mouth but can tolerate oral fluids and medication. Her observations are stable. Using the WHO analgesic ladder, prescribe an appropriate postoperative analgesia regimen on the prescription chart provided, with antiemetic and laxative cover. You have 10 minutes. Write legibly and include your signature, date, and time.
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, 10 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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Educational content for students and clinicians in training. It does not replace professional judgement, local protocols or current prescribing information.