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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.

Examiner / observer

Neck examination

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

Neck examination

Preparation · History and safety

Agree supervision and any communication or chaperone support before starting. Use a consenting partner for comfortable, non-traumatic assessment, with a couch and neurological equipment. Trauma and meningism components are verbal safety discussions. Use a model or supervised demonstration for unfamiliar provocative tests.

Preparation

History and safety

St Emlyn’s · MLA · Practice aid, not an official mark schemeObserver 1 of 3

Examiner / observer · 2 of 3

Neck examination

Regional examination · Sensation and reflexes

Regional examination

Tone and power

Sensation and reflexes

St Emlyn’s · MLA · Practice aid, not an official mark schemeObserver 2 of 3

Examiner / observer · 3 of 3

Neck examination

Coordination and wider assessment · Close

Coordination and wider assessment

Conditional tests

Close

Ask the candidate

How would you present your findings and their significance? Report the pattern across tone, power, reflexes, sensation and gait rather than a sign in isolation. New/progressive neurological findings need prompt review; trauma assessment and imaging decisions need the responsible clinician.

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.

St Emlyn’s · MLA · Practice aid, not an official mark schemeObserver 3 of 3

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