OCULUS July 2008

Candidate's Timetable

Examiner's Timetable

Saturday July 12th 2008

Wolfson Theatre, Postgraduate Centre, City Hospital

08:30 Registration/Coffee
08:45 Welcome Mr Joe Abbott
09:00 Lecture: 'How to fail' Prof. P. I. Murray
09:15 Lecture: 'The ADDIT system for short cases' Prof. P. I. Murray
09:30 Briefing about OSCE circuits Mr Victor Hu

Outpatient Department Eye Centre, Ground Floor

9:15 Tour of OSCE circuit and Examiner’s Briefing (Joe Abbott)
9:45 Examiners to see patients
10:00

First OSCE session

Day Surgery Unit, 1st floor, Eye Centre

12:00 Feedback (Mr Victor Hu)
12:15-13:15 Lunch 12:00-13:00 Lunch

Outpatient Department Eye Centre, Ground Floor

12:45-13:00 Tour of OSCE circuit and Examiner’s Briefing (JA)
13:00 Examiners to see patients
13:15

Second OSCE session

15:15-15:45 Coffee – please give priority to examiners 15:15-15:30 Coffee
15:30-15:45 Examiners to see patients, if new
15:45

Third OSCE session

17:45 End of day 1
Hotel
19:00 Dinner: Strada, Brindley Place, Birmingham

 

Sunday July 13th 2008

Hayward Theatre, Postgraduate Centre, City Hospital

08:30 Breakfast
08:45 Lecture: “Medicine in Ophthalmology” Mr Denniston
09:45 Lectures: “Assessment of the Anterior Visual Pathway” Birmingham Neuro-ophth unit Cons
10:30 Coffee
10:50 Lecture: “Examination of Eye Movements” Birmingham Neuro-ophth unit Cons
11:40 Lecture: “Radiology for Ophthalmologists” Dr Luck

Postgraduate Centre, City Hospital

12:40 Lunch

Hayward Theatre, Postgraduate Centre, City Hospital

13:10 Pathology and Microbiology Circuit
14:00 Pathology lecture and discussion of questions Dr Mudhar
15:00 Microbiology lecture/discussion of questions Dr Bhattacharya
15:45 Get a coffee and come back to the lecture theatre
15:50 Lecture: “Communication skills and the Exam” Mr J Abbott
16:45 Debrief, Time for Questions
17:00 Close of Course