Communication stationEndocrinologyexplaining_diagnosisDifficulty: pass

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    General Medicine Outpatient Clinic, Northfield NHS Foundation Trust This explaining diagnosis 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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