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Oxford psych course is glad to inform you that many of our candidates passed the CASC exam held in Mar'09.
Out of 200 candidates who have passed the Royal College CASC exam ( Mar'09) , 147 candidates attended the Oxfordpsych CASC Course.
2 out of 3 people who have passed the exams have attended our course.Congratulations to all candidates who have passed the exam.
We have got excellent feedback from all our UK, Ireland, Singapore, Hongkong and Burma candidates who attended the Oxford Psych CASC Course and have taken their exams in Mar'09.
NEW: Oxfordpsych CASC Skills Course in July'09. ( 2 places remaining. Please visit CASC course page for further info )
We have launched our Oxfordpsych CASC course coaching centre in HongKong. We have successfully conducted our first overseas CASC course in HongKong on the 21st & 22nd Feb'09.
If you are willing to attend the course in Hongkong and have further enquiries please email us at admin@oxfordpsychcourse.com
Following numerous requests from candidates, we are planning to open a CASC training centre in Ireland from Autumn'09. If you are interested in attending the Oxfordpsych CASC course in Ireland, Sep'09 please e-mail us on admin@oxfordpsychcourse.com
NEW : Mock exam : 17.10.09 or 18.10.09 ( Saturday or Sunday ) venue - Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
NEW: Online paper 1 course has started. To register please visit the online courses page.
Our registered video section contains videos with valuable examiner's feedback after each video.Candidates who have not attended our Spring'09 course can access the video section by paying online in our online registration page.
Our next CASC Course (Sep'09 & Oct'09) will cover stations from recent Royal college CASC exams and pilot CASC.
The Oxford Psych Course materials are prepared by examiners with vast experience in Royal college exams and a considerable knowledge about the new format of College exams.
We are streaming videos online recorded in our CASC course performed by candidates and professional actors.
Our examiners have vast experience in helping candidates pass the Royal College exams
Dr. Subimal Banerjee
Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability & Associate Medical Director, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Oxford.
Dr.Banerjee has been a Royal College examiner for the MRCPsych Part II Exams and has a vast experience in helping candidates pass the college exams.He is also an examiner for the CASC exams.
Dr.Melanie Bowden
Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy Warneford Hospital,
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Oxford
Melanie Bowden is a psychotherapy faculty at the Royal College and has made valuable contributions to the new format of CASC exams.
Dr Thilak Ratnayake
Consultant Psychiatrist & Director Of Medical Education Bedfordshire and Luton Partnership Trust.
Floor 2, Weller Wing
Ampthill Road
Bedford
Dr.Thilak Ratnayake is a Royal College examiner and has a vast experiencein helping candidates pass their MRCPsych exams.He is a college examiner for the CASC exams.
Dr. Akeem Sule
Consultant psychiatrist Bedfordshire and Luton Partnership Trust
Dr Stuart Carney
Consultant psychiatrist,
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Oxford
Stuart is a Specialist Registrar/Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Mental Health Care Foundation Trust. He is also Director of the LNR Foundation School, part of the East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery, and Special Advisor to the UK Foundation Programme Office. He became interested in Evidence-based Practice while an SHO on the Oxford Scheme and after undertaking two systematic reviews as part of research fellowships, studied epidemiology and biostatistics at the Harvard University
School of Public Health. He also runs a critical review paper course with the Centres for Evidence-based Mental Health and Medicine.
Dr. Martin Feakins
Consultant Psychiatrist
Colchester, Essex
Dr.Feakins was a Clinical Tutor in the North Essex MRCPsych Training scheme.
Dr. Gautam Gulati
Specialist Registrar in Forensic psychiatry
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Oxford
Gautam Gulati is a Final Year Specialist Registrar in Forensicpsychiatry at Oxford. He is involved in teaching on the UndergraduatePsychiatry Course at Oxford and has an interest in Research relatingto the association between Offending and Mental Disorder. He has aPost Graduate Diploma in Higer Education from Oxford and has achieved
Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy. Apart from teaching in our course since its inception, he advises the Course Organisers on Educational matters.
Dr. Valerie Murphy PhD Psychiatric Genetics
Academic Clinical Fellow Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS Trust Oxford.
Clinical tutor, University of Oxford.
Dr. Bhanu GuptaSpecialist Registrar in General Adult psychiatry Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Honorary Specialist RegistrarSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Honorary Research Associate MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry CentreInstitute of Psychiatry at King's College London
Dr. Alistair Reed
Consultant Psychiatrist in Substance Abuse,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Oxford
Dr. Harish Mahadevappa
Associate Specialist in Child Psychiatry
North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust
Dr. Simon Christopherson
Specialist Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Oxford, Clinical tutor, University of Oxford
Dr. Lisa Gardiner
Specialist Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Oxford, Clinical tutor, University of Oxford
Dr.Joseph El-khouri
Specialist Registrar,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Oxford, Clinical tutor, University of Oxford
Dr.Eleanor Tiangga
Specialist Registrar,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Oxford, Clinical tutor, University of Oxford
Dr. Devika Khanna
Specialist Registrar in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, East Midlands Deanery.
Devika trained at the University of Nottingham, and completed a BMedSci as part of her training. She has chaired the Mid-Trent Specialty Registrar committee, and has a special research interest in neuropsychiatric effects of psychotherapy in schizophrenia. She has received special recognition from the College for her marks in the new MRCPsych examinations.
We would like to thank Dr.Claudiu Carmaciu , Consultant psychiatrist for his valuable contribution ( for free ) to our course materials.
Hope you utilise the Oxford Psych Course and approach the new format of exams with confidence and pass them successfully.
The venue for Oxford Psych Course Paper I, Paper II , Paper III is
Warneford Hospital
Warneford Lane
Old Road, Headington,
Oxford
OX3 7JX
The venue for the CASC course is
The Magdalen Centre
The Oxford Science Park
Robert Robinson Avenue
Oxford OX4 4GA
United Kingdom
Tel: (01865) 784000
Fax: (01865) 784004
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Best wishes,
Dr.M.NATARAJAN MRCPsych
Specialist Registrar
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Oxford
Academic Tutor, University of Oxford
Oxford Psych Course Team
Warneford Hospital
Warneford Lane
Oxford, OX3 7JX
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Dr.Muthu Kumara Raja Natarajan MRCPsych and
Dr.Mageswari Arthanari
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7. Capacity - Assessment
7. Capacity - Assessment
Instructions to candidates:
You are seeing this man who was brought to the A&E by his wife when he started vomiting blood. He was assessed by the medical team who think that further investigations needed to be done including endoscopy. He is refusing the treatment and saying strange things to them. They are worried about further episodes and want to treat him as soon as possible. They have referred him to you to assess capacity to refuse treatment.
- Assess his capacity
- Explore his psychopathology
6. Phobia - assessment.
You are about to see Mrs.Fraser, a mother of two children who was referred by her GP.She
suffered a Road Traffic Accident two months ago and complains of difficulty coping.
- Examine the patient to assess her symptoms.
- Take a history to help you arrive at a diagnosis.
- You are not expected to take a personal or social history.
You may wish to take notes, as at the next station you will be required to
explain to the patient what you have established she is
experiencing and how you would manage her problems.
5. Panic attacks - assessment.
You are about to see Sarah Dawson a married lady unable to leave her house. The thought of going out makes her feel sick. Recently she has developed panic attacks making things even worse. She is desperate for help.
- Examine the patient to assess her symptoms.
- Establish whether any other co-morbid illness is present.
- You are not expected to take a personal/social history.
You may wish to take notes, as at the next station you will be required to
explain to her what you have established she is experiencing and discuss management plans.
4. OCD - explaining diagnosis and management to a relative.
You have just seen Mr. Weber. You are about to his wife. She has made this appointment to discuss her concerns with you. You can assume that Mr.Weber has given his consent for the same.
- Address her concerns.
- Talk to her about the side effects of Citalopram and your management plan.
- Explain ways in which she could help him with the OCD.
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