Skills for CASC by Shri Hari Charan Thiguti

Key Features:

• Structures given in clinical skills to be able to complete the task in 7 minutes, whilst meeting the Royal College examiner’s expectations.
• Communication skills needed to pass the exam provided.
• More than 160 scenarios from the past examinations, including instructions to actors.
• Relevant theory is given for each scenario.
• More than 50 information leaflets from various sources, which are helpful in the information giving stations.
• All the past questions that came up in the CASC exam till date are given to help students understand the exam pattern better.

• Chapter 1: Candidate Guide for CASC
• Chapter 2: Clinical Skills for CASC
• Chapter 3: Communication Skills for CASC
• Case Scenarios:

1. General Adult Psychiatry
2. Perinatal Psychiatry
3. Old-age Psychiatry
4. Forensic Psychiatry
5. Psychotherapy
6. C.A.M.H.S.
7. Learning Disability
8. Addictions
9. Eating Disorders
10. Physical Examination Stations
11. Cognitive Examination Stations

• Chapter 4: Information Leaflets
• Chapter 5: Past CASC Scenarios, Mental Referral Health System in UK, Skills for CASC