Causes of Male Infertility
- Key Areas:
- Interpretation of semen analysis
- Improvement Areas:
- Detailed history to refine diagnosis
- Specific counseling on fertility outcomes
Painless Macroscopic Haematuria
- Key Areas:
- Differential diagnoses based on smoking history, occupational chemical exposure, and urine microscopy/culture results
- Appropriate investigations for haematuria
- Common Errors:
- Providing unrelated diagnoses (e.g., ‘renal abscess’, ‘ovarian cancer’) or non-specific answers
Urge Incontinence
- Key Areas:
- Identifying exacerbating factors
- Confirming diagnosis
- Key non-pharmacological management strategies
- Improvements Needed:
- Avoiding irrelevant pharmacological options
- Providing specific referrals
Urinary Incontinence in an Older Female
- Key Topics Discussed: Differential diagnoses, examination findings, and non-pharmacological management
- Candidate Performance: Non-specific differential diagnoses and irrelevant examination findings
- Improvement Areas: Focus on specific, relevant differential diagnoses and examination findings related to urinary incontinence
Swollen Scrotum
- Medical Heading:
- Urology, with a focus on differential diagnosis and assessment of a swollen scrotum
- Candidates Did Well On:
- Identifying likely diagnoses
- Improvement Areas:
- Providing focused and concise examination details relevant to diagnosing the cause of scrotal swelling
Increasing Urinary Frequency in an Elderly Man
- Key Topics Discussed:
- History taking to establish symptom severity
- Examination findings
- Pharmacological options
- Candidate Performance:
- Inappropriate gender-specific diagnoses
- Lack of targeted history and management
- Improvement Areas:
- Accurate history taking specific to urinary symptoms in men
- Knowledge of appropriate pharmacological treatments
Groin and Knee Pain Evaluation
- Key Topics Discussed:
- Radiological feature identification on X-ray
- Non-pharmacological advice
- Candidate Performance:
- Non-congruence with evidence-based guidelines in non-pharmacological management advice
- Improvement Areas:
- Align non-pharmacological advice with current evidence-based guidelines
- Accurately interpret radiological findings
Chronic Urinary Frequency in an Elderly Woman
- Key Topics Discussed:
- Differential diagnoses
- Pharmacological management
- Lifestyle modifications
- Candidate Performance:
- Responses lacked specificity and relevance to elderly care
- Improvement Areas:
- Provide age-appropriate differential diagnoses
- Evidence-based pharmacological management
- Practical lifestyle advice
Pediatric Immunization and Genital Abnormalities
- Key Topics Discussed:
- Addressing parental concerns about immunization
- Management of abnormal scrotal findings
- Candidate Performance:
- Failure to address specific immunization concerns
- Manage genital abnormalities
- Improvement Areas:
- Provide clear, evidence-based information on immunization
- Knowledge on managing scrotal abnormalities
Urinary Incontinence in an Older Female
- Key Topics Discussed:
- Differential diagnoses
- Examination findings
- Non-pharmacological management options
- Candidate Performance:
- Lack of specificity in differential diagnoses
- Providing more answers than required
- Improvement Areas:
- Focus on providing concise, specific answers
- Adhering to the requirements of the question
Acute Chest Pain and Erectile Dysfunction
- Key Topics:
- Management of acute chest pain
- Follow-up care for erectile dysfunction
- Candidate Performance:
- Errors in ECG interpretation
- Failure to identify appropriate management steps for erectile dysfunction
- Improvement Areas:
- Accurate ECG reading skills
- Understanding of initial investigations
- Management options for erectile dysfunction
Urge Incontinence Management
- Key Topics:
- Management strategies for urge incontinence in elderly women
- Candidate Performance:
- Incorrect drug class examples and management plans
- Improvement Areas:
- Precise classification and examples of medications for urge incontinence
- Avoiding recommendations irrelevant to gender
Penile Rash and Hepatitis
- Key Topics:
- Diagnosis of penile rash
- Interpretation of hepatitis screen results
- Non-pharmacological management
- Candidate Performance:
- Misidentification of lesions
- Incorrect interpretation of hepatitis screening results
- Improvement Areas:
- Accurate diagnosis and understanding of sexually transmitted infections and their management
- Interpretation of laboratory results