OSCE

concept · in 15 sources (2018–2019)

Practical clinical examination of medical students.

Sources by year: 2018: 13 · 2019: 2

Also known as: OSCEs

Threads

• Ali promises a strand of videos for medical students on the Academic Foundation application, publications and OSCEs (2018) — promise, open (updates through 2018, not reported done), 2018
• Ali promises another study-with-me video time-lapsing his OSCE preparation if viewers find this one useful (2018) — promise, kept, 2018

Also named in the threads: Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) · Ali promises a video on the Academic Foundation Programme with the author of a book about it (2018)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Katherine (4) · Paul (4) · active recall (7) · Jake (2) · Singapore (2) · Anki (4) · spaced repetition (3) · Instagram (2) · iPad (2) · Cambridge (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2019

• 2019-02-14 · Valentine’s Day Live Stream — recommendation: Ali: For OSCEs Ali advises practising a lot with friends, seniors and doctors on the ward, finding patients with signs around the hospital, and keeping OSCE preparation focused. — 00:18:45
• 2019-05-18 · The Best Productivity Apps for Students — Ali: For his OSCEs Ali built one master document from lecture slides, PDFs and photos of notes and courses, not because taking notes is useful but because it kept him awake and gives a single source of truth. — 00:05:37
  • Ali writes headings such as causes, management and end-stage features of Parkinson's disease into his notes, so on review he asks himself whether he knows each rather than reading through. — 00:06:06

2018

• 2018-03-14 · What happens after medical school - UK medical training explained — announcement: Ali: Besides videos for medicine applicants, Ali wants to make videos for medical students, such as on OSCEs. (hedged) — 00:10:24
• 2018-04-10 · Study with me + My revision method - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #30 — Ali: From 9.15 to about 10.45, in the lounge of his gym, Ali spends about an hour and a half going through his OSCE flashcards on Anki. — 00:00:58
• 2018-04-12 · Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — Ali says everyone has days when they cannot be bothered: that day he, Paul and Katherine did about three hours of OSCE preparation in the afternoon and nothing in the morning. — 00:07:22
• 2018-04-18 · Study With Me + 10 Productivity / Revision Tips - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #31 — Ali makes another study-with-me video, time-lapsing a day of revising psychiatry history-taking and clinical examinations, with ten study and productivity tips. — 00:00:00
• 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — recommendation: Ali: For history taking and OSCE exams Ali recommends two books: OSCEs at a Glance and OSCEs for Medical Finals. — 00:23:08
  • To a student down about a bad OSCE history station, as his was too, Ali says feeling down only makes you feel bad: accept what you cannot change, like the serenity prayer, and move on. — 00:27:14
• 2018-06-12 · Study with me + The Magic of Categorisation - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #38 — Ali: The night before, Ali says the first of his final OSCE exams is the next day: five stations, four of them history taking and one challenging station that will be a mystery; he feels quite relaxed about it. — 00:07:15
• 2018-07-23 · A year on YouTube - Channel / life update — announcement: Ali will probably put his medical-student videos out on one set day of the week, every Monday, so viewers who are not medical students can skip them. (hedged) — 00:03:31
• 2018-08-06 · Reapplying to Medicine (UK) - A comprehensive guide — announcement: Ali starts Medical Mondays, a series for his niche videos for medical students and medicine applicants, because his audience has grown far beyond them and he does not want to confuse other viewers. — 00:00:00
• 2018-08-13 · Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) - Why should you apply? — announcement: Ali's Medical Mondays, a weekly series on very niche medical topics, kicks off a mini-series on preparing for the Academic Foundation Programme. — 00:00:00
• 2018-09-15 · Study Tips for First Year Medical Students — announcement: Ali, a junior doctor in Cambridge, starts a series called How to Survive Medical School: at least 20 videos in which he and friends he has interviewed over recent months give advice on surviving parts of medical school. — 00:00:00
  • The other 19-plus videos of How to Survive Medical School will cover publications, essays, revising for OSCEs and written exams, work-life balance, working hours, notes and apps; Ali filmed friends in his room over the last six months of his final year. — 00:31:51
• …and 8 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

Also named in: How to Study for Exams - Spaced Repetition · Evidence-based revision tips, Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students