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Skills Station List

Clinical Skills Domain of the MRCS Part B Exam

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  • Station 1: Communication: Oliguria

  • Station 2: Procedure: Incision & drainage

  • Station 3: Examination: Lipoma

  • Station 4: Examination: Abdomen; Appendicitis

  • Station 5: Examination: Abdomen; Diverticulitis

  • Station 6: Examination: Abdomen; Cholecystitis

  • Station 7: Examination: Abdomen; Incisional hernia

  • History taking format

  • Station 8: History: Chronic diarrhoea

  • Station 9: History: Rectal bleeding

  • Station 10: History: Benign prostatic hyperplasia

  • Station 11: History: Erectile dysfunction

  • Station 12: Communication: Self-discharge

  • Station 13: Communication: Road traffic accident

  • Station 14: Procedure: Operating list

  • Station 15: Procedure: Urinary catheterisation

  • Station 16: Proceudre: IV cannulation

  • Station 17: Communication: Acute limb ischaemia

  • Station 18: Communication: Cancelled procedure​

  • Station 19: Examination: Knee; Meniscus injury

  • Station 20: Examination: Ankle; Ankle fracture

  • Station 21: Examination: Varicose vein

  • Station 22: Examination: Neurogenic claudication; Prolapsed intervertebral disc

  • Station 23: Examination: Chronic limb ischaemia

  • Station 24: Examination: Upper limb ischaemia; Dialysis access steal syndrome

  • Station 25: History: Abdominal pain; Pancreatitis

  • Station 26: History: Back pain

  • Station 27: History: Knee pain; Osteoarthritis

  • Station 28: History: Peripheral vascular disease

  • Station 29: Communication: Angry wife

  • Station 30: Communication: Bile leak​

  • Station 31: Procedure: Knot tying

  • Station 32: Procedure: Naevus excision

  • Station 33: Procedure: Wound debridement

  • Station 34: Examination: Cerebellum

  • Station 35: Examination: Hand; Carpal tunnel syndrome

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  • Station 36: Examination: Lower limb neurological; Common peroneal nerve injury

  • Station 37: Examination: Spine

  • Station 38: Examination: Cranial Nerves; Bitemporal hemianopia

  • Station 39: Examination: Hearing loss; Basal skull fracture

  • Station 40: Examination: Breast; Gynaecomastia

  • Station 41: Examination: Higher mental status; MMSE

  • Station 42: History: Confusion; AMTS

  • Station 43: History: Fit; Brain tumours

  • Station 44: History: Subarachnoid haemorrhage

  • Station 45: History: Pseudoaneurysm

  • Station 46: Examination: Inguinal hernia

  • Station 47: Examination: Hydrocele

  • Station 48: Examination: Shoulder

  • Station 49: Communication: Consent for OGD

  • Station 50: Communication: Road traffic accident

  • Station 51: History: Chest pain

  • Station 52: History: Anxiety

  • Station 53: History: Thyroid

  • Station 54: History: Tonsillar enlargement

  • Station 55: Communication: Anxious patient on warfarin

  • Station 56: Communication: ITU bed request

  • Station 57: Examination: Submandibular gland

  • Station 58: Examination: Thyroid

  • Station 59: Examination: Cardiovascular 

  • Station 60: Examination: CCrISP; Anastomosis leak

  • Station 61: Examination: CCrISP; Pulmonary embolism

  • Station 62: Examination: Respiratory

  • Station 63: Examination: Hand; Dupuytren's contracture

  • Station 64: Communication: Self-discharge; Splenic injury

  • Station 65: Communication: Anxious mother

  • Station 66: Examination: Hip

  • Station 67: Examination: Diabetic foot

  • Station 68: Procedure: Chest drain 

  • Station 69: Examination: ATLS

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