Dear All

Thank you for participating in the session today.

In RRR we discussed:

• Acute Asthma management
• Myocarditis in 3 month old
• VACTERL Association

Communication scenario was discussion with mother of a 15 year old young person with Trisomy 21 about her concerns. Dr T was in the Hotseat with DR P and Dr A having the examiner hats. Dr L was an excellent Role Player. Dr T attempted the scenario well. There were some learning points most important being moving from your agenda to Role player’s agenda. Dr P & Dr A gave good assessment and marked the ‘performance’. Dr Shishir gave a good over all assessment highlighting important points Dr Sonia had mentioned in the previous session.

The Learning points are:

• Read the Task very carefully 
• Get Role player’s concerns by making them speak first
• Let RP speak for as long as they want – Do NOT interrupt
• If you interrupt – you will miss out on important information
• Do not speak in more than 30 seconds bytes
• Avoid monologue
•  Give positive reinforcement – examples which have been good
• Admit ignorance – Do Not Bluff – examiners are experts at detecting
• Do not need to tell all you know
• Do not repeatedly say ‘I understand’ – ‘I understand’
• Use body language to acknowledge your engagement in conversation
• Avoid medical jargon

Please visit www.mrcpchonline.org to add your comments or points I may have missed.

Anil Garg