Practical-skill teaching stations test structured teaching pitched to the learner. The examiner wants a clear objective, a logical demonstration, supervised practice and constructive feedback.
How to structure it
- Find out the student’s experience and agree a learning objective.
- Explain and demonstrate the steps, emphasising consent, asepsis and sharps safety.
- Let the student talk through or attempt it while you observe.
- Give specific, balanced feedback and correct safely.
- Summarise and check confidence.
Common pitfalls
- Lecturing instead of involving the learner.
- Skipping the safety points (consent, sharps, labelling).
- Giving vague rather than specific feedback.
Examiners reward a clear structure, active learner involvement, attention to safety, and specific, encouraging feedback.
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