Opportunity to

Support

Colleagues

Education

Would you like…….

…to experience Observed Structured Clinical Examination’s (OSCE’s) from the other side? R

…the opportunity to network with your peers? R

…to enhance your Continuing Professional Development? R

…to receive full support and briefing of the OSCE experience? R

Actor and Assessor volunteers required (further details of respective responsibilities overleaf) on any of the following dates:

9th June 2005

14th July 2005

at a Central London venue

Please confirm your availability by 29th April 2005.

(using the attached proforma)

For further information contact:

Wendi Willmer, SEMMED Admin Team Leader

York House, 18-20 Massetts Road, Horley,

Surrey, RH6 7DE.

Tel: 01293 778881 Fax: 01293 847060 email:

An Objective Structured Clinical Examination is a useful tool in measuring clinical competence.

These OSCE examinations are for the following groups of trainees:

09/06/05 OSCE for Preregistration Pharmacists

14/07/05 Pharmacy Technicians enrolled on the Medicines Management (MM) & Patient Consultation Skills Accreditation Schemes (PCAS)

Assessor responsibilities:

·  Ideally you, as an OSCE assessor, will have prior experience of assessing in the workplace e.g. A1, Work based facilitator, Preregistration Tutor, Applied therapeutics modules etc.

·  Assessors must deem candidates competent or not competent according to predefined criteria on a checklist provided by the OSCE examination board.

·  Assessors are also encouraged to write down additional comments on the assessment sheets which may be given to the students as feedback to aid identification of their strengths and areas of improvement.

Actor responsibilities:

·  Ideally you, as an OSCE actor, will have experience of the OSCE process however this is not essential.

·  Actors will be provided with a briefing sheet for a clinical scenario listing the key points to allow the OSCE candidate to extract the appropriate information during the role play.

·  Actors will need the ability to stick to the given role throughout the examination as embellishment may detract from the intended outcome of the OSCE.

If you are available and meet the requirements above for an actor or assessor, please complete the attached proforma and return to the address overleaf.

Please assume you will be needed for the day unless contacted otherwise.

If you would like any further information please contact:

Alice Conway 01293 778881 Preregistration OSCE

Liz Fidler 01293 778881 Accredited MM & PCAS OSCE

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PROFORMA FOR OSCE VOLUNTEERS

Name / Work Address
Current role
Contact details / e-mail: / Phone number:
Volunteering as / An Actor / YES/NO / An Assessor / YES/NO
Previous OSCE experience as / An Actor / YES/NO / An Assessor / YES/NO
Please describe previous OSCE experience and/or any other relevant experience.
Dates available
delete as applicable / Preregistration 09/06/05 YES/NO / Medicine Management & Patient Consultation14/07/05 YES/NO

Please return to Wendi Willmer By Post: York House, 18-20 Massetts Road, Horley, Surrey RH6 7DE

By Fax: 01293 847060 or By email: By Friday 29/04/05

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