"The RANZCR Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Radiology (OSCER) examination is part of the RANZCR Phase 2 examinations. It is considered the final capstone examination to assess a trainee's competence to practice autonomously as a clinical radiologist, incorporating clinical reasoning, clinical judgement, medical skills, and knowledge, as well as broader intrinsic roles including communication and professionalism."
"The RANZCR Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Radiology (OSCER) examination is part of the RANZCR Phase 2 examinations. It is considered the final capstone examination to assess a trainee's competence to practice autonomously as a clinical radiologist, incorporating clinical reasoning, clinical judgement, medical skills, and knowledge, as well as broader intrinsic roles including communication and professionalism."
"The RANZCR Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Radiology (OSCER) examination is part of the RANZCR Phase 2 examinations. It is considered the final capstone examination to assess a trainee's competence to practice autonomously as a clinical radiologist, incorporating clinical reasoning, clinical judgement, medical skills, and knowledge, as well as broader intrinsic roles including communication and professionalism."
"The examination is typically attempted in the third or fourth year of training. Trainees must pass the Phase 2 written examinations before they are eligible to sit the OSCER examination."
"The OSCER examination consists of seven oral stations:"
"AIT / patient safety (5%)"
"The passing standard is set by the relevant examination review panel using formal standard-setting procedures (borderline regression). As well as achieving the overall passing standard for the whole OSCER, candidates must achieve the passing standard for each station, and further achieve minimum component standards in all domains across all stations in order to pass."
"Candidates are required to pass all individual stations to pass the OSCER examination overall. If one or two individual stations are failed, then only those stations need to be re-sat at the next exam sitting. However, if three or more individual stations are failed, all seven stations need to be re-sat at the next exam sitting. Candidates have a maximum of three opportunities to complete the OSCER examination."
"Candidates are required to pass all individual stations to pass the OSCER examination overall. If one or two individual stations are failed, then only those stations need to be re-sat at the next exam sitting. However, if three or more individual stations are failed, all seven stations need to be re-sat at the next exam sitting. Candidates have a maximum of three opportunities to complete the OSCER examination."
"Useful resources to aid in preparation for the OSCER examination include:"
"practice OSCER cases"
"NB: Details are correct at the time of writing. Please check with RANZCR for updated details. "
"Only pertinent images for each case are shown, with a combination of mosaic (up to 2 x 3 grid format, particularly with ultrasound cases) and scrollable (of variable slices) images. No more than two scrollable stacks will be shown in a case. CTs and MRIs may also be presented as multiple phases or sequences in a single static mosaic. Further images do not have to be asked for or "earned"."
"NB: Details are correct at the time of writing. Please check with RANZCR for updated details. "
"NB: Details are correct at the time of writing. Please check with RANZCR for updated details. "
Expected headings
"Format"
"Content"
"Scoring"
"Technique"
"There is no negative marking, normal cases, or "instant fail" cases."
"There are seven domains standardised across each station with the following approximate weightings:"
"intrinsic roles (communicator, collaborator, leader, health advocate, professional, scholar, cultural competency) (5%)"