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Written by a team of practising GPs and CSA examiners, in collaboration with the recent CSA Role-Player Lead responsible for training and quality-assuring the work of the simulated patients in the exam, The CSA Exam: Maximizing your Success is a key resource for trainees and their trainers, in preparing for this component of the MRCGP assessment. Designed to help readers prepare and master the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to pass, it focuses on what is truly expected by examiners and demystifies all aspects of the exam.
Giving insight into how candidates and trainers can maximize their potential, The CSA Exam: Maximizing your Success includes:
* Essential Learning Points, and Hints and Tips on ‘Getting Started’, ‘The Consultation’ and ‘On the Day’
* Advice on applying an ethical approach to consultations and dealing with possible areas of concern
* A variety of cases, to help practise exam technique and to aid candidates in the creation of their own cases
* A companion website at www.wiley.com/go/Roberts/CSAExam featuring 18 video clips to accompany the written cases and marking schemes
Taking an approach to preparation which looks at the candidate, simulated patients and the assessment itself, The CSA Exam: Maximizing your Success provides MRCGP candidates and GP trainers with an invaluable and unique resource for success in the exam.
Table of Content
About the companion website vii
About the authors ix
Acknowledgements xi
Foreword xiii
PART ONE Introduction 3
Chapter 1 Maximizing your potential in the CSA 5
Chapter 2 What you can learn from the ‘patients’ 16
Chapter 3 What to expect in the CSA 28
Chapter 4 Dealing with challenging situations 48
Chapter 5 Creating and role-playing your own CSA-type case 59
Chapter 6 Maximizing your potential with feedback from examiners 65
Chapter 7 Strategies for candidate concerns with the CSA 80
Chapter 8 Learning points 88
PART TWO A ‘PALETTE’ OF 16 CSA-TYPE CASES AND 6 ETHICAL CASES
Introduction to the sample cases 101
Case 1 Alan Arterton 105
Case 2 Jane Smith re Isabel Chalk 113
Case 3 Jason Brown 120
Case 4 Ian Marsden 127
Case 5 Gavin South 135
Case 6 Louise Bradley 142
Case 7 Jenny Stanley 149
Case 8 Harry Evans 156
Case 9 Shona Baker 163
Case 10 Amelia Kowalski 170
Case 11 Thomas Smith 177
Case 12 Debbie Wells 184
Case 13 Ashia Pollock 191
Case 14 Olu Wa-Simba 198
Case 15 Nilesh Patel 205
Case 16 Stephanie Caldwell 212
Index 219
About the author
Rachel Roberts is a GP, trainer, CSA Examiner, and is a Patch Associate Director for General Practice, London. She is also the Associate director for trainees in difficulty for North East and Central London.
David Russell is as a retired teacher and has a strong educational and examining background. Appointed Lay Adviser to the RCGP, he worked on the Simulated Surgery Exams, and subsequently on the development of the CSA exam. He has been the CSA Role-Player Lead, responsible for the training and quality assurance of the simulated patients, and has published several papers about his work with the simulated ‘patients’ in the CSA.
Simon Ormerod is a GP with a special interest in General Practice. He has been a trainer since 1996, and a member of the MRCGP examiners panel since 2010. He is currently Honorary Secretary of the North East London Faculty RCGP.
Anjum Iqbal qualified from the Royal Free Hospital and worked as a GP for five years in Stepney, East London. In 1996, he moved GP practice to Enfield, North London. He remains committed to Education and Training as a Trainer and Programme Director in Enfield. He has also been a CSA examiner since 2008.
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