title: Mastering the OSCE/CSA: Objective Structured Clinical Examination/Clinical Skills Assessment
author:  Jo-Ann Reteguiz 
description: The OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) for medical students and the CSA (Clinical Examination) for medical students and the CSA (clinical Skills Assessment) for international medical graduates have always been a mystery. how do I approach the Standardized Patient? How do I study for this examination? How much time do I have with each patient? How will I be graded? How can I improve my performance? These questions and more are now answered in this groundbreaking book. Medical schools, the NBME, and the USMLE are placing greater empahsis on standardized patient exams. Now you can master all the intricacies and details in one book. Persents 50 standardized patient practice cases covering what you might see on the exam; Familiarizes you with the exam format...uncovers the mysteries of what is behind each door; Sharpens your interpersonal skills to improve overall clinical performance; Includes a small booklet of key summations...the perfect review right before the exam; Focuses on the interviewing and physical examinations skills needed to finish test stations within the required time limit; Challenges you to develop a checklist prior to seeing each patient...and then provides the actual checklist so you can check your progress; Provides key history-taking and physical examination pearls; Provides OSCE interstation pearls and CSA patient note pearls.
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  OSCE
  For Medical Students
  PASSCARDS
  Farhana Akter
  Boca Raton  London  New York
  CRC Press is an imprint of the
  Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
  
  Preface
  The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a performance-
  based test used to measure a student’s clinical competence. 
  At undergraduate level, OSCEs test a broad range of topics. The medical 
  student must therefore have a good breadth of knowledge and, for the 
  final examinations, demonstrate their ability to perform at a level expected 
  of a junior doctor.
  Preparation for OSCEs is often more difficult than for knowledge-based 
  examinatio