Communication stationGastroenterologyconsentDifficulty: pass

    Colonoscopy Consent — Anxious Patient

    Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic, Northfield General Hospital This consent communication station assesses structured clinical communication against PACES marking criteria.

    How this communication station runs

    Communication encounters appear in Stations 1 and 4 and last 10 minutes. You read a short brief, then speak with a patient or relative — for example to explain a diagnosis, discuss a treatment decision or respond to a concern — while an examiner observes.

    On StationReady the patient or relative is an AI voice who reacts to what you say. A single bell rings at 8 minutes and a double bell at 10 minutes, and the conversation is then marked against the PACES skills below.

    Skills assessed in a communication station

    • C. Clinical communication
    • E. Clinical judgement
    • F. Managing patients' concerns
    • G. Maintaining patient welfare

    Each skill is graded Satisfactory, Borderline or Unsatisfactory, with evidence from your own words, so you can see where structure, empathy or safety-netting fell short.

    Run this station on StationReady with an AI patient or relative and real PACES timing, then get a marksheet on the four skills a communication encounter assesses: clinical communication, clinical judgement, managing patients' concerns and patient welfare.

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