MRCPCH Short Clinical Exam Timer
Official Duration: 9 mins 00 secs in-room (+ 4m reading outside) · 6m focused physical examination, 3m examiner discussion
4-Minute Time-Bound Reading Outside Cubicle: Minute 0–2: Note child's age, gender, vital signs, growth chart, and exact system/region to examine. Minute 2–4: Mentally rehearse your systematic inspection and examination routine; formulate top differentials for age group; thoroughly decontaminate hands (bare below elbows) before the entry bell.
Official Station Sequence & Time-Bound Prompts
In-Room: 09:00 · Reading: 04:004-Minute Time-Bound Reading Outside Cubicle: Minute 0–2: Note child's age, gender, vital signs, growth chart, and exact system/region to examine. Minute 2–4: Mentally rehearse your systematic inspection and examination routine; formulate top differentials for age group; thoroughly decontaminate hands (bare below elbows) before the entry bell.
Conduct focused physical examination of the child. Demonstrate correct technique, communicate gently, and elicit key physical signs.
Helper announces 3 minutes left. Stop physical examination and address examiner: summarise positive and negative findings, interpretation, differentials, and management.
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