Instructions for Contributors

Template

Instructions

Plan

Action

Role player Instructions

 

Maximum lengths

Instructions + Plan              One page

Action                                 Five pages

Role player Instructions     Three pages

Notes/notes for examiners One page

 

Topics

Anything that junior doctors in psychiatry might come across

MUST NOT copy or modify stations from MRCPsych CASC exams. That is a crime.

There can be more than one station on the same topic e.g. Psychosis-Assess, Depression-Assess

Consider:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Explain

ADHD: Explain management

Alcohol dependence: Explain management 

Any of your pet topics

Attachment disorder: Explain

Developmental history

Gambling: Assess

Jealousy in a female

Pain: Psychological management

Polypharmacy: Explain risks and management

Solution Focused therapy: Explain

Stimulant abuse: Assess

Suicide: Speak to the spouse of your patient who died by suicide

 

Font

Patient/carer/colleague etc   Courier New

The candidate                                   Arial

Notes/instructions                                      Times New Roman

Font size                                                     12

 

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