OSCEs for the MRCOG Part 2: A Self-Assessment Guide (2nd edition)

Review Stations

1. Gynaecology history
2. Early pregnancy problem-management
3. Prioritization on delivery suite
4. Surgical skills - placenta praevia
5. Communication skills - ectopic mismanagement
6. Premenstrual syndrome
7. Breaking bad news - anencephaly
8. Infertility - case notes
9. Audit
10. Obstetric history

Circuit A

1. Breaking bad news
2. Preoperative ward round
3. Obstetric history and management
4. Management problem - gynaecology
5. Prenatal counselling
6. Obstetric emergency - uterine inversion
7. Operating list - prioritization
8. Bereavement
9. Emergency contraception
10. Intermenstrual bleeding

Circuit B

1. Labour ward prioritization
2. Abdominal pain - premature labour
3. Urinary incontinence
4. Prioritization of GP letters
5. Operative - Caesarean section
6. Abnormal smear
7. CTG abnormality
8. Interactive viva
9. Ectopic pregnancy - explain laparoscopy
10. Breech delivery

Circuit C

1. Medical ethics and the law - preparatory station
2. Shoulder dystocia - teaching station
3. Ovarian cyst
4. Intraoperative complication - debriefing a patient
5. Postpartum haemorrhage - structured viva
6. Obstetric history with travel
7. Secondary Amenorrhoea - structured viva
8. Twin pregnancy - structured viva
9. Molar pregnancy - counselling with result
10. Results interpretation - structured viva

Circuit D

1. Breaking bad news - Down's Syndrome
2. Pregancy case - structured viva
3. Antepartum haemorrhage - structured viva
4. Clinical governance - preparatory station
5. Fertility issues
6. Management of ectopic pregnancy - structured viva
7. Secondary amenorrhoea - role-play
8. Postoperative pelvic abscess - role-play
9. Polycystic ovary syndrome - structured viva
10. Audit - preparatory station