PEBC OSCE study plan
PEBC OSCE · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Patient Assessment and Triage & Patient Counselling and Education
Build a one-page triage framework that maps a presenting complaint to red-flag questions, urgency level, and referral threshold, then rehearse it aloud on 10 written scenarios
Practise opening a patient interview with a structured approach (introduce, confirm identity, elicit chief complaint, screen for allergies and current medications) until it runs without notes
Draft plain-language explanations of five common counselling topics (correct inhaler technique, antibiotic adherence, warfarin diet interactions, opioid constipation prevention, insulin storage) and trim each to under 60 seconds of speech
Record yourself counselling on three topics and mark every instance of unexplained jargon, then rewrite those phrases
Your checkpoint
A one-page triage framework plus a jargon-audit sheet listing at least 15 rewritten phrases from your recordings
Patient Assessment and Triage & Patient Counselling and Education
Rehearse 12 triage scenarios under a 3-minute timer, deciding urgency and next step for each, and log where your reasoning stalled
Practise adapting the same counselling message for a low-health-literacy patient, an anxious caregiver, and a hurried prescriber
Write and rehearse a teach-back check for three counselling topics and confirm the patient can repeat the key action
Rehearse two sensitive conversations (suspected non-adherence, disclosure of a dispensing error) with a partner or recording
Your checkpoint
A log of 12 timed triage decisions with self-ratings plus two recorded sensitive-conversation rehearsals with written self-critique
Prescription Processing and Verification & Pharmaceutical Calculations and Product Preparation
Work through 30 prescription verification exercises, checking drug, dose, frequency, route, duration, indication, and prescriber legitimacy on each
Build a personal list of 25 high-alert look-alike/sound-alike pairs and 15 high-alert medications, then self-quiz until recall is automatic
Solve 40 calculation problems covering weight-based dosing, renal dose adjustment, infusion rates, dilutions, and percentage concentrations, showing every step
Rehearse two compounded preparation scenarios aloud, narrating the calculation, measuring technique, and final check
Your checkpoint
A calculation workbook of 40 fully worked problems scoring at least 90% on a second attempt, plus a verified high-alert drug list
Prescription Processing and Verification & Medication Therapy Management and Follow-up
Verify 20 prescriptions and write a documented intervention for every problem found, including the recommendation and rationale
Draft a follow-up plan template covering efficacy, adverse effects, adherence, and monitoring parameters for five chronic conditions (hypertension, type 2 diabetes, asthma, anticoagulation, chronic pain)
Rehearse three medication review scenarios where you prioritise problems and propose a monitoring schedule
Practise explaining a dose adjustment to a prescriber in under 90 seconds with the evidence stated first
Your checkpoint
A follow-up and monitoring template completed for five chronic conditions plus 20 documented interventions
Medication Therapy Management and Follow-up & Interprofessional Collaboration and Communication
Rehearse five interprofessional scenarios (nurse reports a dosing concern, physician requests a therapeutic substitution, patient asks about a supplement) and script a clear recommendation with a stated rationale
Practise the SBAR structure on four written cases until each report fits in 60 seconds
Simulate three conflict situations (disagreement over therapy choice, perceived prescribing error, scope-of-practice boundary) and write the exact wording you would use
Run two medication reviews end to end with a partner acting as patient and prescriber
Your checkpoint
Four written SBAR reports plus a conflict-phrasing script covering three scenarios
Professionalism, Ethics, and Legal Requirements & Documentation and Record Keeping
Work through 20 ethics and legal scenarios covering privacy and consent, conflicts of interest, refusal to dispense, error disclosure, and record retention, stating the principle and the action for each
Write a personal decision framework for conscientious objection and for suspected prescription fraud
Practise documenting a patient encounter in a structured note (subjective, objective, assessment, plan, follow-up) in under five minutes
Rehearse three scenarios where you must disclose an error or a privacy breach to a patient or colleague
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of 20 ethics scenarios with written decisions plus three completed structured patient notes
Patient Assessment and Triage & Patient Counselling and Education & Medication Therapy Management and Follow-up
Run three full mock stations under time pressure combining triage, counselling, and follow-up, and score each against a written rubric
Target the two weakest station types from your scores and rehearse each five more times
Rehearse counselling a patient who is angry, rushed, or hearing-impaired, adapting pace and language each time
Practise closing a station by confirming understanding, stating the follow-up plan, and inviting questions
Your checkpoint
Three scored mock stations with a written improvement plan identifying two target station types and a rehearsal schedule
Prescription Processing and Verification & Interprofessional Collaboration and Communication & Professionalism, Ethics, and Legal Requirements & Pharmaceutical Calculations and Product Preparation & Documentation and Record Keeping
Run two full timed mock exams covering all eight domains and score them against the same rubric used in week 7
Review every missed item and write a one-line correction for each, then re-test only those items 48 hours later
Rehearse your weakest two stations twice each until they score at or above your target
Finalise a one-page pre-exam checklist covering the frameworks, high-alert drugs, and calculation formulas you must recall cold
Your checkpoint
Two scored full mock exams with a correction log and a completed one-page pre-exam checklist
Milestones
Week 2: Can complete any triage scenario in under 3 minutes with a stated urgency level and next step, and can deliver a 60-second counselling message without unexplained jargon
Week 4: Scores at least 90% on a fresh set of 20 calculation problems and has produced 20 documented prescription interventions with rationale
Week 6: Can produce a structured patient note in under 5 minutes and state the governing principle and action for any of the 20 ethics scenarios without notes
Week 8: Scores at or above your target on two full timed mock exams and has a correction log showing every missed item re-tested successfully