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Course Format

Communication Skills:

- Targeted towards the communications skills element of the MRCS exam:

- What are they looking for?

- How do they mark you?

- Practice sessions with medically trained actors, with feedback

Physiology

- Interactive teaching sessions covering the key elements of the Physiology components of the Viva Exam

- Current “hot” topics within the fields of Pathology and Physiology

- Exam techniques

- Mock viva sessions with feedback

Pathology

- Interactive teaching sessions covering the key elements of the Pathology components of the Viva Exam.

- Viva practice, with feedback from examiners.

Faculty

The teaching faculty will include (subject to faculty availability)

Communication Skills:

- Dr Catherine Hood - (Communication skills tutor for Oxford Medical School)

- Mr John Reynard - (Communication Skills tutor with RCS)

- Professional actors with experience in medical role plays

Pathology

- Dr Bryan Warren (Consultant Pathologist, Oxford)

- Dr Howard Rigby (Consultant Pathologist, Bristol)

Physiologists

- Dr Oliver Dyar (Consultant Anaesthetist and ITU Consultant, Oxford)

- Dr Jaideep Pandit (Consultant Anaesthetist, Oxford

- Dr Tim Littlewood (Consultant Haematologist, Oxford)

- Dr Richard Boyd (Oxford University Lecturer, Editor of “Surgery”)

- Dr Paul Dennis (Physiology Tutor, Oxford University)

- Mr Ashok Handa (Clinical Tutor in Surgery, Oxford University)

All Faculty members are competent teachers with experience of examining at this level.