Dear All

Thank you for participating in the session today. We start on Clinical Stations. Dr AG gave a PP presentation on Dos & Don’ts of clinical station and what to look out for and be careful about.

In RRR we discussed:

• Proven & suspected Teratogens – can be communication scenario
• Late complications of radiotherapy for CNS tumors – early puberty
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Differential diagnosis

The Clinical station was CVS examination of a 12 year old boy referred for a fainting episode during school sports day. There was an image of the boy and an audio clip. Dr F was in the Hotseat with Dr f & Dr S having the examiner hats. Dr F made a good attempt at the station. There were a few points missed that were picked up and pointed by our examiners.

The Learning points are:

• Write out a template for each domain: CVS, Respiratory, Abdomen, Neurology, MSK, other
• You can share on WhatsApp group.
• Practice – Practice – Practice: till you can do it in your sleep
• Listen to Examiner VERY carefully when they give you the task
• What to examine: Full system – specifics – just observe.
• General Examination is part of EVERY STATION – spend 30 seconds
• General exam – unless not even if mentioned.
• Practice finishing the exam in 5 minutes.
• Trust me with practice is done – 1 min for your nerves’!
• Remember you have examined 100’s of children – need to be systematic
• Practice – Practice – Practice is the Guru Mantra
• We will continue with Clinical Station – for next few sessions

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

Anil Garg