Hey Mig!

Thanks for saying you were thrilled to read the thread title, I was pretty gosh darn thrilled to type it. I realised it was a bit over the top, but frankly I didn't care too much, because I had been petrified before the exam, concerned afterwards, and was just over the moon to have this result.

The OSCE that I'll be sitting here is much different than the OSCEs back in Canada. Back home the stations are 15 - 20 minutes and give you time to take a history and physical, and then discuss a game plan with the patient. Here, they're only 5 min in length and are mostly to test skills. As the General Medical Council over here states it, physicians have proven their knowledge on the PLAB 1, the PLAB 2 is for testing skill sets. The stations are very short (5 minutes) so it will be a very focused (ie. hopefully very straight-forward) exchange.

Now, all that being said, I know of a time in the past when the Medical Council of Canada had a patient with AS on it's Qualifying Exam Part II. And here's the kicker! She was a female patient!

It has been fun sharing the news with one and all, and yeah, Loz has had his lighthouse beams out for me to celebrate this one!

Big hugs to you Mig,
Jeanna