Pharmacy OSCEs: A revision guide

✍ Scribed by Beti Wyn Evans (editor), Laura Kravitz (editor), Nina Walker (editor), Kelly Lefteri (editor)

• Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Pharmacy OSCEs is the only pharmacy-specific OSCE revision guide. This easy-to-use book covers the key competencies that will be tested during your Objective Structured Clinical Examinations whether you are still studying or in practice. Written in a concise and accessible way, all types of situations are covered from responding to a specific symptom to solving calculations. The scenarios read like tasks at an OSCE station and are accompanied by: learning objectives; questions and answers; feedback and revision points; key references and further reading. The examples vary in complexity, ranging from early undergraduate years through to postgraduate. With over 70 practice scenarios, this book will support you throughout your training and ensure your best performance on the day of the exam.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
About the editors
About the authors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Preparing for OSCE
How to use this book
Consultation/communication skills
References and further reading
Chapter 1 Responding to symptoms and history-taking
Key references
Learning objectives
Scenario 1.1 Nasal symptoms
Scenario 1.2 Eye symptoms
Scenario 1.3 Dry cough
Scenario 1.4 Diarrhoea
Scenario 1.5 Rash
Scenario 1.6 Constipation
Scenario 1.7 Drug history
Scenario 1.8 Mouth symptoms
Scenario 1.9 Skin problems
Scenario 1.10 Throat symptoms
Chapter 1 feedback summary
References and further reading
Chapter 2 Systems-based client assessment
Learning objectives
Scenario 2.1 Clinical history
Scenario 2.2 Respiratory assessment
Scenario 2.3 Cardiac emergency
Scenario 2.4 Focused history-taking and neurological assessment
Scenario 2.5 Monitoring blood glucose
Scenario 2.6 Monitoring a radial pulse
Scenario 2.7 Measuring respiration rate
Scenario 2.8 Using a binaural acoustic stethoscope
Chapter 2 feedback summary
References and further reading
Chapter 3 Legal aspects of prescriptions, and record-keeping
Key references
Learning objectives
Scenario 3.1 Private prescription
Scenario 3.2 Controlled drug supply
Scenario 3.3 Managing errors in CD register entries
Scenario 3.4 Emergency supply at the request of a prescriber
Scenario 3.5 Emergency supply at the request of a patient
Chapter 3 feedback summary
References and further reading
Chapter 4 Data retrieval and interpretation
Key references
Learning objectives
Scenario 4.1 Identifying a foreign product and advice on monitoring
Scenario 4.2 Excipients
Scenario 4.3 Contraception in nursing mothers
Scenario 4.4 Vaccination advice
Scenario 4.5 Identifying a foreign product
Scenario 4.6 Intravenous drug administration
Chapter 4 feedback summary
References and further reading
Chapter 5 Clinical prescription management problems
Key references
Learning objectives
Scenario 5.1 Managing interactions (hyperkalaemia)
Scenario 5.2 Advising how to use lamotrigine
Scenario 5.3 Managing interactions (St John's Wort)
Scenario 5.4 Choosing antibiotic therapy
Scenario 5.5 Managing interactions (ibuprofen)
Scenario 5.6 Initiating warfarin therapy
Scenario 5.7 Drug-induced hypercalcaemia
Scenario 5.8 Drug choice in nursing mothers
Scenario 5.9 Managing interactions (warfarin)
Scenario 5.10 Clopidogrel for percutaneous coronary intervention
Scenario 5.11 Managing therapy (ciprofloxacin)
Scenario 5.12 Ibuprofen in asthma
Scenario 5.13 Managing tuberculosis treatment regimens
Scenario 5.14 Antibiotic therapy in pregnancy
Chapter 5 feedback summary
References and further reading
Chapter 6 General health advice
Key references
Learning objectives
Scenario 6.1 Lifestyle advice following a `heart attack'
Scenario 6.2 Advice on prevention of malaria while abroad
Scenario 6.3 Advice on smoking cessation
Scenario 6.4 Advice on emergency hormonal contraception
Scenario 6.5 Managing stress and anxiety (good mental health)
Chapter 6 feedback summary
References and further reading
Chapter 7 Counselling (medication and devices)
Key references
Learning objectives
Scenario 7.1 Inhaler technique
Scenario 7.2 Use of a glyceryl trinitrate spray
Scenario 7.3 Using an oral syringe
Scenario 7.4 Nasal spray
Scenario 7.5 Using a suppository
Scenario 7.6 Using eye drops
Scenario 7.7 Ear drops
Scenario 7.8 Alendronate
Scenario 7.9 Warfarin
Scenario 7.10 Prednisolone reducing dose
Scenario 7.11 Medicines adherence chart
Chapter 7 feedback summary
References and further reading
Chapter 8 Problems involving calculations
Key references
Learning objectives
Scenario 8.1 Iron-deficiency anaemia
Scenario 8.2 Benzodiazepine withdrawal
Scenario 8.3 Tuberculosis treatment dosages
Scenario 8.4 Antibiotic displacement values
Scenario 8.5 Changing formulations (epilepsy)
Scenario 8.6 Antibiotic dosage in renal impairment
Scenario 8.7 Antibiotic treatment regimens for endocarditis
Scenario 8.8 Ganciclovir infusion rate
Scenario 8.9 Co-trimoxazole dosage and administration
Scenario 8.10 Prednisolone reducing dosage
Scenario 8.11 Vitamin E dosage and administration
Scenario 8.12 Dobutamine infusion rate
Chapter 8 feedback summary
References and further reading
Index