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Hey! Podcasts are an excellent resource to supplement OSCEs revisions. Have you tried any text books? There's many brilliant resources including UniAdmisions' version https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-OSCE-History-Guide-Investigation/dp/1912557010/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TXHGH94ENXZR&keywords=the+ultimate+OSCE+history+guide&qid=1658950331&sprefix=the+ultimate+osce+history+gui%2Caps%2C270&sr=8-1

It details approaches to OSCE histories, difference diagnoses, the management and strategies to navigate different scenarios!

Sure, np. For the resident level, my favourite Neurology book is an old one but really helps you become a better neurologist in every regard. In the UK, we have a good publication called Practical Neurology - where they have a 'bare essentials' section for common neuro conditions - continuum has much more detail but can get overwhelmed, but this is nice in 1st instance. Blumenfeld neurology is always highly rated. Hope this helps.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Situational-Judgement-Foundation-Years-Programme/dp/1492918261

I want to know if it is a good source after GMC sample papers or not?

Depending on your budget and her personality the anatomy colouring book or anatomy flash cards would probably be a nice present.

This book might help as well, it has sample stations so your flatmates aren’t trying to make stuff up for history taking and it includes mark schemes.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OSCE-Cases-Mark-Schemes-Revision/dp/1848290632 This book. Your university library may have it as I know mine did.

Just get it to look at the distribution of marks for histories to realise how much is repeated and specific stuff for speciality histories. E.g you must always ask about the birth, growth, milestones and immunizations in paeds regardless of the presenting complaint or how you always ask about Gs and Ps, last menstrual period and smear date, and contraceptive use in any OBGYN history regardless of what you would assume.

It also has good stuff about consenting for procedures and counselling stations but I would say oscestop is pretty good for all that.

Books:

Lissaeur's Paediatrics is a very good textbook, not too detailed and based on UK practice. It's the most recommended text across the UK for medical school paediatrics rotations.

If you want a shorter text to get stuck into, look at Crash Course or At a Glance, but don't stop there.

There's a very good series called '100 Cases in...' that does case-based coverage of paediatrics - without the random patchiness that you'll face if you're relying on a half-finished online question bank.

Zero to Finals Paediatrics isn't awful, and is quite cheap, but you'd be better off going and reading the NICE guidelines themselves (and if you're a visual learner, it's got exactly zero illustrations).

The Oxford Handbooks are almost uniformly excellent and information-dense (perhaps more modern to say 'high-yield'?) but most people don't finish Clincial Specialities, let alone Paediatrics, so judge for yourself how deep you want to go.

Dennis Gill's 'Paediatric Clinical Examination Made Easy' is very short, but excellent if you're going to get hands-on experience.

Online:

I quite enjoy using the Human Diagnosis Project - they've got a good range of paediatric cases, but don't get disheartened by the number of zebras - everyone wants to submit their rare case.

This series of books worked for me. I had the medicine and surgery ones... maybe one other, and I annoyed all the pages with my notes. Really Really worked for me