Pediatrics OSCE
Pediatrics OSCE
Pediatrics OSCE
Initial approach to
the patient
Please take a focused history from a 10- (Introduces him-
year-old patient presented with abdominal herself, explains
pain. (Simulated Patient) what he/she will be
doing) Inquire about
– Location
– Onset
– Quality
– Severity
– Exacerbating/relieving
factors
– Associated symptoms
– Setting in which it
occurs
– Drug history
Overall rating
Communication Skills 5 4 3 2 1
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Evaluator
STATION 2 STATION 3
Instruction to students: Read the short case history then answer
the following questions.
Instruction to students.
Read the short statement carefully then answer the A 3200 grams baby boy was born via normal
following questions. (Fill in the blanks) spontaneous delivery to a 28-year-old G1P0
mother with the following physical findings at
In the PE of the abdomen, inspection is the birth.
1 min 5 min
most important step. Please complete the
following statement. HR
160
140 beats/min 2
beats/min 2
Respirations
Crying 2 Crying 2
1. A scaphoid abdomen can be sign of
• diaphragmatic hernia – bowel herniation into Blue Body pink
Color
the chest all over 0 Blue extremities 1
• pyloric stenosis – narrowing of antrum Flexed arms
Tone Active 2
and legs 1
Reflex irritability Sneezes with catheter
Grimaces 1
2. A distended abdomen may signify inserted in the nose 2
• Obesity, celiac disease (intolerance to
wheat/gluten – irreg.BM), intussusception(SI
invaginates intestinal lumen - obstruction),
megacolon (dilatation d/t mechanical
obstruction)
STATION 6 STATION 7
Instruction to student:
Locate the auscultatory areas on the Instruction to students: Read the short statement
carefully and then answer the following questions.
anterior chest wall of the following heart
valves (Indicate your answer in capital
Auscultation tells us most about the
letters).
functioning of the valves which we hear
opening and closing. (Choose the correct
answer)
REST
STATION
Question: What birth injury sustained by
this newborn infant during labor and
delivery? CAPUT SUCCEDANEUM (a
diffuse edematous swelling of soft
tissues of the scalp that may EXTEND
across the suture line)
STATION 10
STATION 10: CHECKLIST
Instruction to students. Mentioned (1) Not Mentioned
(1)
Formulate the Maternal and Birth Initial approach to the patient
history from a mother who just (Introduces him-herself,
explains what he/she will be
delivered. (Simulated patient) doing)
Inquire about:
– Prenatal Check-ups
– Alcohol/smoking/ drugs/
irradiation
– Maternal infections/ illness
– Genetics/ hereditary
disease
– Manner of delivery
– Maternal complications
– APGAR score
– Birth weight
– Postnatal complications
Overall rating
Communication Skills 5 4 3 2 1
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Evaluator
STATION 11
STATION 12
Instruction to students:
Take and record the
anthropometric measurements of
this patient. (Doll /simulated
REST patient)
STATION
Communication Skills 5 4 3 2 1
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Evaluator
STATION 17
STATION 16: CHECKLIST
Performed Performed but not Not performed
competently fully competent or incompetent
(2) (1) (0)
Initial approach
to the patient
REST
(Introduces
him-herself,
explains what
he/she will be
STATION
doing)
Cranial Nerves
Examination
- CN 2 (visual
acuity)
- CN 3, CN 4,
CN 6 (EOM
movements,
pupillary size
and reaction
to light
Overall rating
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Evaluator
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Evaluator
STATION 19
Instruction to students:
STATION 20
Instruction to students:
cm agex6+77
2 years x6+77 = 89cm
STATION 21 STATION 22:
A. Moro’s Reflex
REST
STATION
B. Palmar and Plantar Grasp Reflex STATION 22: CHECKLIST
Performed Performed but not Not performed
competently fully competent or incompetent
(2) (1) (0)
Initial
approach to
the patient
(Introduces
him-herself,
explains what
he/she will be
doing)
Did the student
perform the
following
Ref: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijpedi/2012/191562/ A. Moro
reflex
B.Palmar and
Plantar
Grasp
Reflex
Overall rating
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Evaluator
STATION 24
STATION 23
Instruction to student:
STATION
STATION 24: CHECKLIST STATION 25
Instruction to student: Study the photo carefully
Performed Performed but not Not performed
competently fully competent or incompetent In the examination of the head of this neonate
(2) (1) (0) born after a difficult delivery. identify the
Initial approach to the
patient abnormality noted.
(Introduces him-
herself, explains what
he/she will be doing)
C. Did the student
position the
patient with
the foot
perpendicular
to the ground
and the outer
side of the sole
of the foot is
stimulated?
D. Did the student
elicit by firm
steady slow
stroking of the
external
portion of the
sole of the foot
with an object
such as key
beginning at
the heel
extending to
the base of the
toes? CEPHALHEMATOMA (a
Overall rating subperiosteal hemorrhage that NEVER
EXTENDS across the suture line)
STATION 27
Instruction to student: Please answer the
following questions: (Fill in the blanks)
STATION 26
1) A child’s length lying flat or supine on a
table is measured until 2 years old.
REST
Head circumference is a measurement taken around the
largest part of a child’s head. This measurement is
typically taken with children ages 0-3 years old.
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practices/growth-charts/using-the-who-growth-charts/
STATION 28 STATION 29
Instruction to student. Study carefully the photo of
Instruction to Student: Read the short case history this newborn infant then answer the following
of a patient shown in the photo and then answer the questions:
following questions. You have elicited the Moro’s reflex in this
newborn infant.
STATION 30
STATION 31
Examine the
Instruction to student.
STATION
STATION 31:
STATION 32
(Checklist)
Instruction to student: Read the short statement
Performed Performed but not Not performed carefully then answer the following questions.
competently fully competent or incompetent
(2) (1) (0)
Initial approach
Abdominal palpation can be enhanced by
to the patient having the child hold the examiner’s hand
(Introduces him- (i.e the hand being used to examine the
herself, explains
what he/she will abdomen) and the child may have to bend
be doing) his / her knees to allow a thorough
1. Did the student examination.
restrain the patient?
2. Did the student
hold the patient’s Question 1: Identify the 4 quadrants on
head to one side? abdomen and organs that can be palpated
3. Did the student in each quadrant.
insert gently the
otoscope speculum
in the external
auditory canal?
STATION 33
REST
STATION
STATION 34
Instruction to student: Interpret the chest STATION 35
radiography done on a 3 year old boy admitted to the
hospital for fever cough and increasing respiratory
difficulty of 2 days duration. Instruction to student. Test the integrity of CN
V, VII and VIII.
STATION 35 Checklists
Performed
competently
Performed but not
fully competent
Not performed
or incompetent STATION 37
(2) (1) (0)
Initial approach
to the patient
REST
(Introduces
him-herself,
explains what
he/she will be
STATION
doing)
1. CN V (Corneal
reflex, movement
of temporalis,
masseter and
jaw muscles
2. CN VII
(strength and
symmetry of
facial muscles)
3. CN VIII
(hearing test, use
of noise clacker,
tuning fork,
Musical toy)
Evaluator_________________
STATION 39
Instruction to Student:
STATION 38 Study the photo carefully and read the short case history. Then answer
the following question.
Instruction to student. Read the short statement
carefully then answer the following questions.
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