AMC Clinical (Part 2 OSCE) study plan

Draft a reusable opening script and a bank of 20 transition phrases that move from open to closed questioning within 90 seconds

Practise three full history stations aloud with a peer, recording each and marking every missed cue on a self-built checklist

Build a one-page symptom-to-differential template for the five presenting complaints you find hardest

Time each history attempt and log the point at which you stopped gathering and started hypothesising

Write and rehearse a 60-second explanation of a common diagnosis using plain language, chunking, and a teach-back check

Role-play three difficult conversations (breaking bad news, addressing non-adherence, discussing risk) with structured feedback

Audit your own recordings for filler words, interruptions, and jargon, and set two specific replacement habits

Practise closing every history with a summarised plan the patient can repeat back

Rehearse a standard examination sequence for each major system until you can state the order and the rationale for each step without prompting

Narrate findings aloud in structured form (inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation) during five practice runs

Convert each set of practice findings into a ranked differential with the discriminating feature that moves each diagnosis up or down

Identify and drill the three examination manoeuvres you most often omit

Work through 15 written clinical vignettes and commit to a top-three differential plus a single next investigation for each before checking any answer

Justify each differential aloud in under 45 seconds using a problem-representation structure

Pair every examination finding you generate with the diagnosis it would confirm or exclude

Log every case where your initial hypothesis was wrong and write the cue you missed

Assemble a safety-netting script and rehearse delivering it in under 30 seconds at the end of five histories

Practise shared decision-making on three scenarios where reasonable options conflict, explicitly eliciting patient values

Rehearse negotiating a management plan with a patient who declines your recommendation

Re-run two week-1 history stations and score them against the same checklist to measure change

Build and rehearse a counselling structure for four chronic-disease education scenarios, each including lifestyle, medication, and follow-up

Deliver three full stations end to end (history, examination, formulation, management) under time pressure

Write a 30-second formulation statement for each of ten diagnoses and say it aloud until fluent

Identify the two management areas where your knowledge is thinnest and produce a one-page summary for each

Run two full mock circuits of eight stations each under exam timing with a peer as examiner

Score every station against a domain-weighted marking sheet and rank your weakest three behaviours

Re-drill only the weakest three behaviours until each is performed correctly twice in a row

Practise recovering from a deliberate curveball (missing information, an emotional patient, an interrupting examiner) in four stations

Re-run one full mock circuit and compare domain scores against week 7 to confirm improvement

Rehearse your opening and closing scripts until they are automatic and consistent across all stations

Consolidate all checklists, templates, and error logs into a single revision sheet you can review in 20 minutes

Rehearse two stations you previously failed until each is passed twice consecutively