Eye pain is a common presentation with a broad differential. A structured history is essential to identify sight-threatening and systemic causes. It is important to ask about eye pain when taking an ophthalmic history, even if it is not the presenting complaint. Presenting Complaint: Eye Pain Start with an open question A useful framework to
Head injury remains a common reason for presentations to the emergency department in the UK and, akin to trauma as a whole, represents a significant cause of death and morbidity in those aged 1 to 40 years of age. Whilst over 1 million patients will present each year, head injury is by no means a
This guide is designed to help you take a safe, structured, and clinically relevant history when assessing a patient with acute joint pain or swelling. It focusses on gathering the key information needed to identify red flags (such as septic arthritis), build a differential diagnosis, and guide appropriate investigations. “I’d like to ask you a
When taking a history from a patient presenting with ophthalmic symptoms, it is important to ask about any vision loss. Vision loss can be either partial or complete. It can be caused by pathologies affecting the transit of light through the eye or the transmission and processing of neuronal signals along the visual pathway. This
This is a practice OSCE station for UKMLA content. How to use Candidate: Patient/Examiner: Candidate brief You are the FY1 on the Acute Medical Unit. A 68-year-old man presents following GP referral with persistent bone pain.Please take a history, perform an examination of the patient’s back and answer the subsequent questions. Patient Name: Mr John
This is a practice OSCE station for UKMLA content. How to use Candidate: Patient/Examiner: Candidate brief You are the FY2 in the GP clinic. Your next patient is a 57-year-old male, who presents with a six-month history of progressive numbness and burning pain in his feet. Please take a focused history and perform a targeted
This is a practice OSCE station for UKMLA content. How to use Candidate: Patient/Examiner: Candidate brief You are the FY1 on the Acute Medical Unit. A 28-year-old woman presents following GP referral with recurrent acute episodes of diarrhoea. Please take a history, perform an examination and answer the subsequent questions. Patient name: Emily Watson D.O.B.
This is a practice OSCE station for UKMLA content. How to use Candidate:Read the brief below (1 minute).Take a history and perform a focused examination (6 minutes).EITHER answer the viva questions OR communicate the diagnosis and plan to the parent (3 minutes). Patient/Examiner:Familiarise yourself with the history and examination findings.After completing the history, you may
This is a practice OSCE station for UKMLA content. How to use Candidate: Patient/Examiner: Candidate brief A 42-year-old man with abdominal pain and vomiting attends the surgical assessment unit after being referred from the GP. Please take a history, perform an examination and answer the subsequent questions. Patient Name: Jonathan Blakley Location: Surgical Assessment Unit
This is a practice OSCE station for UKMLA content. How to use Candidate: Patient/Examiner: Candidate brief You are the attending physician in the Emergency Department. Josephine Nabunya, a 35-year-old woman admitted with pneumonia, has just developed sudden onset breathing difficulty and a widespread rash shortly after receiving intravenous benzylpenicillin. 0 – 6 minutes: Take a
