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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_heading_font|&#8211;et_global_heading_font_weight|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;38px&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The UBP OSCE Curriculum covers all eight skills included in the most current version of the ABA\u2019s OSCE Content Outline.<\/p>\n<p>The curriculum addresses each of these skills in a way that optimizes your learning and ability to successfully navigate the scenarios you may encounter during the exam. Topic overviews, pictures, videos, and mock scenarios are all utilized to ensure you are able to demonstrate the proficiency required by the ABA as you navigate the OSCE seven-station circuit.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;OSCE Small Groups&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|40px|40px|40px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;40px|40px|40px|40px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|20px|20px|20px|20px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal=&#8221;3px&#8221; 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Professionalism <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Discussion of Treatment Options and Informed consent (Obtain informed consent from a patient)<\/strong>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> The successful candidate will demonstrate the following behaviors:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 15px;\">\n<li>Demonstrates understanding of and concern for the situation of the patient<\/li>\n<li>Explains the indications for the proposed treatment options<\/li>\n<li>Explains conduct of proposed treatment options in lay terms<\/li>\n<li>Explains benefits and risks of treatment options, including both less severe\/more common and more severe\/less common relevant risks<\/li>\n<li>Discusses strategies for minimizing risks of the treatment options<\/li>\n<li>Elicits questions and responds appropriately in lay terms<\/li>\n<li>Confirms a final decision with the patient or authorized health care proxy regarding the treatment options and obtains affirmative consent without coercion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong>Peri-procedural complications (Conduct a focused evaluation of a peri-procedural complication, formulate an action plan, and discuss this plan with the patient) <\/strong>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> The successful candidate will demonstrate the following behaviors:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 15px;\">\n<li>Elicits history relevant to the complication and current symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Performs focused physical evaluation if appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Discusses potential causes<\/li>\n<li>Discusses potential outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Presents plan for further evaluation and\/or treatment if appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Elicits questions and responds appropriately in lay terms<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates understanding of and concern for the situation of the patient<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong>Ethical issues (Frame and discuss appropriate plans to address common ethical dilemmas in clinical care settings)<\/strong>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\">Anesthesiologists face ethical issues related to patients, colleagues, organizations, and society. To identify and frame ethical questions productively, anesthesiologists must understand ethical principles and be able to communicate in a professional, compassionate, and patient-centered manner. Addressing ethical issues requires anesthesiologists to identify stakeholders, obtain relevant information, clarify acceptable options, determine preferences, offer advice based on these preferences, negotiate differences, and act consistent with the core principles of respect for patient autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> The successful candidate will be able to identify ethical issues and incorporate them into their discussions with patients, families and other stakeholders as they relate to:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 15px;\">\n<li>Confidentiality and privacy<\/li>\n<li>Decision-making capacity, informed consent, informed refusal and voluntariness<\/li>\n<li>Distribution of resources<\/li>\n<li>Interprofessional obligations<\/li>\n<li>Organ procurement<\/li>\n<li>Potential conflicts of interest<\/li>\n<li>Potentially inappropriate treatment<\/li>\n<li>Life-sustaining medical treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong>Communication with other professionals (Effectively communicate with other healthcare team members in a professional manner) <\/strong>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> The successful candidate will demonstrate the following behaviors: <\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 15px;\">\n<li>Communicate in a clear and professional manner<\/li>\n<li>Prioritize communication of information most relevant to patient care<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate understanding of the concerns and perspective of other health care professionals through active listening<\/li>\n<li>Recognize the potential for conflict and initiate conflict resolution as appropriate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> Candidates may also be asked to demonstrate understanding and application of team-related skills, including:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 15px; margin-left: 10px;\">\n<li>Leadership &#8211; team orientation and coordination<\/li>\n<li>Mutual performance monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Backup behavior<\/li>\n<li>Adaptability<\/li>\n<li>Providing formative feedback and facilitated debriefing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong>Practice-based Learning and Improvement (Articulate and apply principles of patient safety and quality improvement to a clinical scenario)<\/strong>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> The successful candidate will demonstrate behaviors consistent with application of the commonly-accepted elements of quality improvement processes; including those directed toward patient safety; these elements include the following:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 15px;\">\n<li>Measure current outcomes and benchmarks if appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Devise change in practice in collaboration with stakeholders if appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Educate and trains clinicians regarding change in practice as appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Implement change in practice<\/li>\n<li>Measure outcomes after change in practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"padding-top: 15px;  padding-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>Technical Skills<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Interpretation of monitors (Identify clinical conditions associated with patterns of data presented on monitors) <\/strong>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> The candidate will be presented with simulated monitors which will include relevant parameters from the list below:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; 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margin-left: 10px;\">\n<li>Perioperative cardiac events<\/li>\n<li>Perioperative respiratory events<\/li>\n<li>Other perioperative emergencies<\/li>\n<li>Ventilatory modes used in normal and critically-ill patients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong>Interpretation of echocardiograms and surface ultrasound of lung (Interpret basic transthoracic or transesophageal, lung and pleural images relevant to anesthesia practice)<\/strong>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2e97db;\">\u2192<\/span> The successful candidate will be able to use 2-dimensional and color flow Doppler to identify relevant anatomy, make qualitative diagnostic assessments, and provide treatment recommendations. Pulsed-wave and continuous-wave Doppler will not be tested. Scenarios will be chosen from among the following areas:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 15px;\">\n<li>Biventricular function and wall motion<\/li>\n<li>Presence or absence of an atrial septal defect<\/li>\n<li>Volume status assessment- hypovolemia and response to volume therapy<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonary emboli<\/li>\n<li>Air emboli<\/li>\n<li>Basic valvular lesions<\/li>\n<li>Pericardial effusions<\/li>\n<li>Aortic dissection<\/li>\n<li>Pleural effusion<\/li>\n<li>Pneumothorax<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonary edema<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\">Transesophageal echocardiography images will be chosen from the following 11 standard views:<\/div>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 15px; margin-left: 10px;\">\n<li>Midesophageal Four Chamber<\/li>\n<li>Midesophageal Two chamber<\/li>\n<li>Midesophageal Long Axis<\/li>\n<li>Midesophageal Ascending Aortic Long Axis<\/li>\n<li>Midesophageal Ascending Aortic Short Axis<\/li>\n<li>Midesophageal Aortic Valve Short Axis<\/li>\n<li>Midesophageal Right Ventricular Inflow-Outflow<\/li>\n<li>Midesophageal Bicaval<\/li>\n<li>Transgastric Midpapillary Short Axis<\/li>\n<li>Descending Aortic Short Axis<\/li>\n<li>Descending Aortic Long Axis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15px;\">Transthoracic echocardiography images will be chosen from the following 5 standard views:<\/div>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 15px; 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