PRES 3 OSCE practice stations

29 clinician-reviewed PRES 3 OSCE stations with real candidate briefs and examiner focus points, grounded in NICE and HSE guidance. Practise each one with an AI patient.

cardiology

• Explain ECG — new AF — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium
• Acute chest pain — suspected ACS — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

communication

• Angry relative — long ED wait — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium
• Breaking bad news — new cancer diagnosis — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, hard

emergency

• Sepsis screening — suspected urosepsis — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, hard
• Anaphylaxis — emergency management — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, hard

endocrine

• Hypothyroidism — new diagnosis — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy
• Type 2 diabetes — newly diagnosed counselling — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy

gastro

• GORD counselling and red-flag check — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy

geriatrics

• Confusion in an elderly patient — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

haematology

• Iron-deficiency anaemia — adult — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy

msk

• Back pain — red-flag screening — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

neurology

• Stroke — FAST positive — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, hard
• Headache — suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, hard

obs-gyn

• UTI in a pregnant woman — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium
• Postmenopausal bleeding — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

paediatrics

• Counsel on HPV vaccine — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy
• Child vaccination hesitancy — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium
• Paediatric fever — assessing a 2-year-old — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

pharmacology

• Explain Warfarin to INR — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

psychiatry

• Alcohol dependence — brief intervention — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium
• Suicidal ideation — risk assessment — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, hard

respiratory

• Explain inhaler technique — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy
• Asthma review — uncontrolled symptoms — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy
• COPD exacerbation — acute management — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

safeguarding

• Domestic abuse disclosure — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, hard

surgery

• Pre-operative assessment for elective hernia repair — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, easy
• Consent for appendicectomy — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

vascular

• DVT — suspected deep vein thrombosis — PLAB 2 & PRES 3, medium

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