MRCS Exam Stations
Examination
1. Abdominal exam — RUQ abdominal pain
2. Ankle exam — injured footballer
3. Cranial nerves — ear, CN VII and CN VIII
History
1. Pre-op anxiety
2. Pulmonary embolism
Anatomy
1. Cerebral foramina — course of ICA, angiogram
2. Heart and liver
3. Hand extensors and carpal bones
Procedure
1. Urethral catheterisation
2. Knot tying — knot at depth, square knot not on band, figure-of-eight for haemostasis
Critical care
1. Post-tonsillectomy bleeding
2. Pulmonary embolism
Communication
1. Trauma in a medical student
2. Anxious mother — splenectomy
Pathology
1. OM
2. AS