Paired practice cards
Clinical examination, history, referral and teaching practice from the St Emlyn’s guides and lesson plans. Choose your level and the skill you want to practise.
One learner performs. One checks the key steps and gives feedback. Then swap roles.
Read the candidate brief first. The observer opens the examiner checklist and ticks the actions they see. Each station includes feedback prompts, a print option and a link to the full teaching notes.
MLA practice cards
For medical students preparing for clinical skills assessments.
System examinations
- Cardiovascular examination
- Respiratory examination
- Abdominal examination
- Upper limb neurology
- Lower limb neurology
- Cranial nerves
- Eye examination
- Thyroid examination
- Peripheral vascular examination
- Genitourinary examination
- Gynaecological examination
- Skin examination
Musculoskeletal examinations
FRCEM practice cards
For postgraduate emergency medicine examination practice.
System examinations
- Cardiovascular examination
- Respiratory examination
- Abdominal examination
- Upper limb neurological examination
- Lower limb neurological examination
- Cranial nerve examination
- Eye examination
- Thyroid examination
- Peripheral vascular examination
- Genitourinary examination
- Gynaecological examination
- Skin examination
Musculoskeletal examinations
- Hand and wrist examination
- Elbow examination
- Shoulder examination
- Neck examination
- Back examination
- Hip examination
- Knee examination
- Ankle and foot examination
- GALS screening examination
History and communication
Teaching
Early-career EM practice cards
For doctors starting in emergency medicine and early-career clinicians.
History and communication
Teaching and learning
Could we teach this better?
We explain something, everyone nods, and a week later we’re explaining it again. Sound familiar? A bit of educational theory can help us work out what to try next.
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