Diploma of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
(DOHNS): Intensive Revision Course and OSCE
TIME:
DATE:
VENUE:
0800 hrs till 1900
30th September 2011(Friday)
School of Biosciences, Park Place, Cardiff University
COURSE PROGRAMME
0800 – 0810 : Welcome Venue : E1.03 . Mr R Mills
0810 – 0815 : Introduction to the format of the courseVenue : E1.03 . Mr S Enoch/Mr B Stew
0815 : Start of teaching
0815 - 1115 hrs : Small group demonstration (45 minutes per station); Venue : Dissection room . Ear – Mr M Moore . Cranial nerves and skull base – Mrs H Tasker / Miss L Satherly . Larynx, Neck and Thyroid gland – Mr R Mills / Mr V Prahbu . Nose, Paranasal sinuses + Oral Cavity – Miss Julia Addams-Williams
Topographical and surface anatomy will also be demonstrated. Appropriate radiographs and other imaging as well as pathological slides will be used as aids.
1st May 2010 (Saturday)
1115 – 1130 Coffee + Refreshments
1130 - 1300 hrs : Communication skills . History taking . Breaking bad news . Information giving
1300 – 1345 hrs (During lunch break): . Equipment familiarisation; venue E1.03 . Arthrocare sponsorship – Rapid Rhino for epistaxis . Lecture: ‘How to pass the OSCE first time’ – Mr B Stew
1345 – 1625 hrs: Small group demonstration (40 minutes per station); Venue : E1.03
. Hearing and balance analysis - Miss J Addams-Williams . Ear examination . Nose examination . Neck examination . Consent, discharge summaries, operation notes – Miss L Satherly . Flexible nasendoscopy + video interpretation – Mr B Stew
1645 – 1845 hrs :
VIVA AND OSCE Venue: E1.03 Co-ordinators: Mr B Stew & Ms L Satherly
There will be a total of 20 Viva and OSCE stations*, some manned and some unmanned (as in the exam), and they will run in conjunction. Every candidate will go through all the stations. Each viva and OSCE station will be for five minutes.
Examiners : Mr R Mills, Mr A Howarth, Mr D Owens, Mrs H Tasker, Mr V Prabhu, Mr B Stew, Ms L Satherley & Mr S EnochStations : * Clinical examinations x 2 * Clinical history taking x 1 * Operation note x 1 * Discharge summary x 1 * Communication skills x 2 * Consent x 1 * Audiogram x 2 + Video interpretation x 2 + Pathology/Radiology/Histology x 8
1300 – 1345: Lunch break; Venue W 0.12
1625 – 1645 Coffee + Refreshments
Mr M Moore
1845-1900 Summary and general feedback
1900 hrs: End of Course!