Course Summary
This is a one day course for pre-registration optometrists who are preparing to sit the College of Optometrists’ Final Assessment. It is designed to assist students in their preparation for the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) by giving them invaluable hands-on experience and one-to-one feedback.
The course will outline the different types of OSCE and consider how best to approach them. All delegates will have the opportunity to sit a one hour ‘mock’ OSCE with experienced College of Optometrists’ examiners and assessors. Each OSCE has been carefully designed to ensure the experience is as real as possible and will include all four categories of OSCE (Clinical Examination and Practical Skills, History Taking, Communication and Data Interpretation). Each delegate will get the opportunity to constructively review their performance with an examiner; greatly enhancing preparation for the Final Assessment.
A final tutorial session will help you identify other key areas for further development prior to sitting the College of Optometrists’ Final Assessment.
Please note that for this course we cannot provide assistance for accommodation and travel.
Start time: 10.00am
Finish time: 5.00pm
Learning Objectives
• Gain a better understanding of the OSCE
• Familiarise yourself with different types of OSCE and how best to approach them
• Improve performance through experience of ‘mock’ OSCE
• Develop confidence in your approach to the examination
• Improve understanding of how to demonstrate competence during Final Assessment
• Consider how to relate to your OSCE patients
• Recognise the importance of good communication throughout the OSCE
• Identify key areas for further improvement
Please note that numbers on this course are strictly limited and demand for places is expected to be very high. To be eligible for the course students will be expected to have completed Stage 2 of The College of Optometrists’ Work-Based Assessment by 27th May 2012 for the June Courses and 29th July 2012 for the September Courses.
Here is what some of last year’s delegates said about the course
“Thank you so much for this excellent and very valuable OSCE course”
“Particularly liked the experience with the different stations”
“Found talking to the examiners and their feedback most useful”
“Very useful to have one-to-one reviews”
“The course was brilliant and well structured”
