ABEM Certifying Exam
Communication Stations
An Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a short, standardized patient encounter. These stations mirror the new Certifying Exam's communication cases: you speak with a patient, family member, or colleague, and you are scored on how you actually conduct the conversation (rapport, clarity, empathy, and professionalism), not on naming the right move.
- Difficult ConversationPediatric Cardiac Arrest: Breaking Bad News🔒 Full access
- Managing ConflictBlunt Abdominal Trauma: Managing Conflict🔒 Full access
- Patient-Centered CommunicationReflux Symptoms (ACS): Patient-Centered Communication🔒 Full access
- Difficult ConversationIncidental Cancer Finding: Difficult Conversation🔒 Full access
- Difficult ConversationPregnancy Loss: Difficult Conversation🔒 Full access
- Difficult ConversationNew HIV Diagnosis: Difficult Conversation🔒 Full access
- Managing ConflictChronic Pain, Opioid Request: Managing Conflict🔒 Full access
- Managing ConflictAngry Family Member, Long Wait: Managing Conflict🔒 Full access
- Managing ConflictConsultant Refuses to Come In: Managing Conflict🔒 Full access
- Patient-Centered CommunicationLow-Risk Chest Pain, Shared Decision: Patient-Centered Communication🔒 Full access
- Patient-Centered CommunicationAntibiotics for a Viral Illness: Patient-Centered Communication🔒 Full access
- Patient-Centered CommunicationChild's Head Injury, CT Decision: Patient-Centered Communication🔒 Full access