CSA Exam

Rachel Roberts is a GP, trainer, CSA Examiner, and is a Patch Associate Director for General Practice, London. She is also the Associate director for trainees in difficulty for North East and Central London.David Russell is as a retired teacher and has a strong educational and examining background. Appointed Lay Adviser to the RCGP, he worked on the Simulated Surgery Exams, and subsequently on the development of the CSA exam. He has been the CSA Role-Player Lead, responsible for the training and quality assurance of the simulated patients, and has published several papers about his work with the simulated ‘patients’ in the CSA.Simon Ormerod is a GP with a special interest in General Practice. He has been a trainer since 1996, and a member of the MRCGP examiners panel since 2010. He is currently Honorary Secretary of the North East London Faculty RCGP.Anjum Iqbal qualified from the Royal Free Hospital and worked as a GP for five years in Stepney, East London. In 1996, he moved GP practice to Enfield, North London. He remains committed to Education and Training as a Trainer and Programme Director in Enfield. He has also been a CSA examiner since 2008.

• About the companion website viiAbout the authors ixAcknowledgements xiForeword xiiiPART ONE Introduction 3Chapter 1 Maximizing your potential in the CSA 5Chapter 2 What you can learn from the ‘patients’ 16Chapter 3 What to expect in the CSA 28Chapter 4 Dealing with challenging situations 48Chapter 5 Creating and role-playing your own CSA-type case 59Chapter 6 Maximizing your potential with feedback from examiners 65Chapter 7 Strategies for candidate concerns with the CSA 80Chapter 8 Learning points 88PART TWO A ‘PALETTE‘ OF 16 CSA-TYPE CASES AND 6 ETHICAL CASESIntroduction to the sample cases 101Case 1 Alan Arterton 105Case 2 Jane Smith re Isabel Chalk 113Case 3 Jason Brown 120Case 4 Ian Marsden 127Case 5 Gavin South 135Case 6 Louise Bradley 142Case 7 Jenny Stanley 149Case 8 Harry Evans 156Case 9 Shona Baker 163Case 10 Amelia Kowalski 170Case 11 Thomas Smith 177Case 12 Debbie Wells 184Case 13 Ashia Pollock 191Case 14 Olu Wa-Simba 198Case 15 Nilesh Patel 205Case 16 Stephanie Caldwell 212Index 219