OSPHE EXAMPLES
These examples are illustrative and aim to allow all trainers and trainees some early experience of the type of scenarios to be expected in the OSPHE. It is recommended that trainees and trainers try them out in their placement trainer-trainee weekly meetings. It is expected that trainers, with support from programme directors, will also develop similar scenarios from everyday public health experience, to be used in these meetings.
The preparation time and assessment time will be 8 to 10 minutes for an OSPHE station.
Trainers and trainees may first wish to use the mini-OSPHE training pack, before using the more comprehensive OSPHE sample questions.
Trainers and trainees should be aware that the standard expected is that normally achievable by someone in training about six months after passing Part A MFPH. The OSPHE is a “show how” assessment rather than a “knowledge” or “know how” assessment, which will have been already demonstrated in part A.
The sample questions illustrate the format and structure that will be used in each question.
Candidates should familiarise themselves with the layout of the questions and the way in which material will be presented.
These examples also include all the information that is provided for examiners and role players so that candidates can see how the stations are developed and the material used by the examiners. In all cases, examiners and role players have access to the same briefing material used by the candidate. Also included in each station example are summaries of the marking guidance (‘model answers') for each question. The content of a model answer summary in this guidance is set at a level expected to pass the station with an average pass.
The subject matter used in the OSPHE examinations themselves will draw on material from a wide range of topics encountered in everyday public health practice, including health protection and partnership topic areas. The scenarios themselves will also be varied across the six stations of the examination.
