One learner performs. One learner checks the key steps and gives feedback. Then swap roles. This is a practice aid, not an official mark scheme.
Candidate
MLA · Paired examination practice
You are a medical student. Examine the knee. Present your findings and discuss appropriate next steps with the responsible clinician.
Suggested practice time: 8–10 minutes for a focused run, followed by feedback. Allow longer to practise the full sequence. This is not an official examination timing.
Examiner / observer
Tick the actions you observe. Discuss any step that was not needed for this examination; unchecked boxes are not a score.
Examiner / observer · 1 of 3
Preparation · History and inspection
Agree supervision and any communication or chaperone support before starting. Use a consenting partner and provide a couch and any equipment needed for the agreed examination. Practise comfortable movements; describe or use a suitable model for uncomfortable or provocative manoeuvres unless an appropriate supervised teaching setup is agreed.
Examiner / observer · 2 of 3
Palpation · Patellar and cruciate tests
Examiner / observer · 3 of 3
Collateral and meniscal tests · Close
How would you present your findings and their significance? Present effusion, extensor mechanism, movement, selected stability findings and limits from guarding. Distinguish pain from laxity; consider hip disease if knee findings do not explain symptoms. A hot, markedly painful joint needs urgent assessment even if a special test is negative.
What would you do next, and why? Explain the important uncertainty, a relevant next assessment and when help is needed. State what you could not assess.
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