Communication and bedside manner
Real-time practice with virtual patients lets you work through difficult conversations.
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OSCR is your nurse, your patient, and your attending.
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Nurse
Alicia Brooks, 24. Burning when she passes urine and a fever since yesterday. Uncomfortable, but talking in full sentences.
BP 112/68 · HR 106 · RR 18 · Temp 38.4°C · SpO₂ 99% RA
You
Can you send a urinalysis and a set of cultures?
Nurse
Already collected. I'll bring it over when it's back.
You
Tell me what's been going on since yesterday.
Alicia
It burns every time I go, and I'm going constantly. Last night I started shivering so hard the bed was shaking.
You
Has the pain moved anywhere?
Alicia
It's in my back now, this side. Is that normal? My mum had something with her kidneys.
You
24-year-old woman, dysuria and frequency for two days, now febrile to 38.4 with flank pain and costovertebral tenderness.
Attending
So why does the flank pain change anything for you?
OSCR helps you refine your skills
Clinical reasoning
Work on your differentials, workup plans and results interpretation throughout the encounter.
Working with the team
Communicate more effectively with your nurse and attending while juggling the patient encounter.
OSCR doesn't end with the OSCE
Chief complaint
History
Exam
Tests and results
Oral presentation
Counseling
Feedback
Further your thinking and prepare for your clerkships by stepping beyond the patient interview.
Every case ends with feedback you can keep
Feedback · Alicia Brooks, 24 · 19 min
Clinical reasoning
You narrowed to urinary tract infection early and stayed there. The rigors and flank pain were in front of you by minute six.
Communication
You let her finish, and you answered the question about her mother's kidneys instead of deferring it.
Worked
Open question to start, no interruption for 40 seconds. You told the attending the diagnosis before the narrative, which is the right order under time pressure.
Missed
- No pregnancy test. It changes antibiotic choice and you'd committed to a plan without it.
- Costovertebral tenderness was on the exam you requested. You didn't mention it when you presented.
Before the next one
Pyelonephritis versus uncomplicated cystitis: what moves a patient from oral to admitted. IDSA criteria are the short read.
Disclaimer
OSCR is a large language model, not a clinician and not a person. The medicine it produces is convincing and sometimes wrong, so treat it the way you'd treat a confident classmate rather than a textbook. Good practice, not a source.