Communication Skills OSCEs In Surgery offers surgeons preparing for postgraduate surgical examinations a unique and innovative way to practise communication skills and understand how to score highly at assessed communication exam stations.

Written by experienced surgical communication skills tutors Communication Skills OSCEs In Surgery features 40 realistic scenarios for you to practise alone or in pairs. Each scenario features communication transcripts, summaries, actor briefs and prompts to simulate real communication scenarios. A comprehensive introductory chapter covers the basics of communication skills theory and provides you with frameworks to tackle any question from breaking bad news to angry relatives and apologising for a complication.

Features

Unique Communication Scenarios: Everything from breaking bad news to explaining a diagnosis

Actor Briefs: Understand what information the exam actors are given

Communication Transcripts: Read example conversation transcripts with analysis

Revise Alone Or In Pairs: The question and answer format allows you to prepare in groups or alone

Framework: Develop a framework for dealing with challenging scenarios