Our courses are held at the Postgraduate
Professional Education Centres at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals in London. Clinical stations involve structured bedside teaching with an emphasis on technique and presentation.
Teaching takes place in small groups of 1 lecturer to 6 candidates.
History Taking and Communication Skills stations stations have 1 lecturer to 4 candidates allowing
a full 20 minutes to be allocated to each candidate.
Course
timetable
Courses commence at 8.30am and finish at 4.45pm.
Each of the first three days comprises four 90 minute clinical sessions and a lunchtime demonstration
of clinical examination techniques.
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Mock
Examination
On Day four
each candidate will be given a Mock Examination. This will comprise a 40 minute
Clinical assessment on a 1 to 1 basis, which will cover the four main clinical stations (Cardiovascular,
Respiratory, Abdomen and Neurology), followed by individual feedback.
They will also have a 20 minute Communication Skills and a 20 minute History Taking
Mock examination session. In addition to these sessions candidates will also have the opportunity to observe
different scenarios encountered by the three other members of their group.
ADDED IN SEPTEMBER 2009:
New Format Station 5 (Integrated Clinical Assessment) Mock Examination
The Royal College of Physicians (UK) has introduced changes to the format of Station 5 of
the PACES examination.
These are detailed on the MRCPUK Website: http://www.mrcpuk.org/PACES/Pages/PACESChanges.aspx
Consequently PassPACES courses will now include a full Station 5 Mock Examination with
the new format and timing of the MRCP examination. We will also continue to provide clincal teaching in Dermatology, Endocrinology,
Ophthalmology and Rheumatology.
