Is this for final year? Like a kind of national bar exam for medicine?
Not quite, but more of a standardization / moderation / monitoring set of OSCE stations & also some MCQ questions that are implanted in the current final year Aus medical examinations. These are the OSCE stations that have an 'extra' marker in them who is usually the national representative.
I have written about them before on PagingDr & have cross-posted my comments from there below:
Have found references to supporting the addition of benchmarking questions into MCQ:
2014 paper summarising the outcomes of the project:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/0142159X.2013.849798
Internal AMAC paper with an overview of the project:
https://www.acer.org/files/implementing-common-assessment-amac-resource.pdf
Table showing some of the currently running projects beyond the main AMAC one:
http://www.medicaldeans.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20140204-Assessment-Benchmarking-consortia.pdf
And the project for OSCEs, though the website sucks & has minimal information.
Australian Collaboration for Clinical Assessment in Medicine — ACCLAiM
The original paper regarding OSCES is here, but it's paywalled ... I'll happily post the .pdf if allowed (?):
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/0142159X.2015.1016487?src=recsys&journalCode=imte20
A further follow-up paper published in 2017 is available here but unfortunately both my OpenAthens & university logins don't provide me access:
A collaborative comparison of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) standard setting methods at Australian medical schools. - PubMed - NCBI
In short they had 11 OSCE stations that were shared between medical schools across Australia & run through 2011 - 2014 with the paper subsequently published in 2015. The paper has an appendix which describes the 11 stations briefly, I've copied it here to make it easier
Abdominal pain
- Focused and relevant clinical GI examination.
- Formulation of differential diagnoses and first line management
- Physical examination, diagnostic and management skills
Groin pain
- Focused history and examination of patient with possible inguinal hernia or groin strain
- History taking, physical examination and communication skills
Prostate cancer
- Focused history of patient with difficulty passing urine History taking, diagnostic and communication skills
Vaccination
- Vaccination general and specific knowledge of pertussis History taking and communication skills, and knowledge of immunisation: Basic science and population health aspects
Anaemia
- Interpret abnormal full blood count in a 56 year old man, focused history taking to establish likely cause of anaemia
- History taking skills, Interpretation of abnormal haematological
- Investigations and formulation of differential diagnoses
Bell’s palsy
- Targeted neurological examination of cranial nerves 6–12, interpret diagram of patient’s face and give most likely diagnosis
- Physical examination, interpretation and formulation of differential diagnoses
Peripheral vascular disease
- Focused history and vascular examination of right leg, diagnosis and investigation plan
- Physical examination, history taking, formulation of differential diagnoses and investigation plan
Sexually transmitted infections
- Focused sexual history for vaginal discharge and appropriate investigations
- Sexual history, communication skills, differential diagnosis and investigation plan
Asthma
- Management plan for severe asthma
- Communication skills and management plan
Cellulitis
- Patient with severe cellulitis of the right lower limb is being discharged home to a nearby Aboriginal Community.
- Arrange discharge plan, which includes a telephone call to discuss the case with a health worker at the local clinic
- Inter-professional communication, patient-centred care, and cultural competency/safety
Neck lump
-Perform a systematic head and neck examination, with a thyroid focus on a patient who thinks she may have felt a lump in her neck and seeks reassurance
- Physical examination, communication and diagnostic skills, investigation plan