Anaesthetic Interview Clinical Section
Clinical
In the clinical section you will typically be asked to review a patient and make a clinical plan. You will need to act as though this is a real scenario and you are not being watched.
Usually you will need to take an ABCD approach, take a history and examine the patient. The examiners will then ask you clinical questions at the end.
The examiners will not routinely talk to you unless they want to ask questions or inform you of a test result. The clinical scenario is designed to assess knowledge at the level of an F2 and will not be based on a detailed obstetric or gynaecological case.
Scoring is done independently by two assessors.
The clinical scenario assesses the domains of decision making, team working, reflection and working under pressure these have equal waiting and score a total of 5 points each.
Applicants will be given a clinical scenario by the assessor and have 2 minutes to look at the information. You are able to take notes during this time.
The assessor will confirm whether the applicant has read and understood the scenario and state they are starting the interview.
This is the point the interview will be timed from i.e the start of the 30-minute
interview window.
The clinical scenario will have information added in by the assessor at various points for the applicant to consider.
Top Tips
The clinical station tests your understanding of common emergencies and presentations
Interviewers will ask questions quickly to test how you perform under pressure
Patient safety is key and safe assessment, diagnosis and management of the patient in any given scenario will score you points
You will be scored on both your communication and knowledge and giving your answer in a structured, logical fashion that involves the patient, family and your colleagues will score the most points.