Assessment and Diagnosis
Published weighting: 46–53%
Assessment domains
Therapeutic Management
Published weighting: 22–28%
Communication
Published weighting: 15–21%
Professionalism
Published weighting: 6–12%
Seven official practice topics
Physical Examination I: Head and Neck
Eyes, ears, oral, cranial nerves and neck assessment.
Physical Examination II: Chest and Abdomen
Heart, lungs, abdomen and selected peripheral pulses.
Differential Diagnosis I: General
Gather information, select tests, interpret findings and communicate differentials.
Differential Diagnosis II: Musculoskeletal
Orthopedic examination, selected tests and urgent musculoskeletal red flags.
Manipulation
Consent, contraindications, spinal assessment and no-thrust demonstration.
Acupuncture
Pattern diagnosis, point selection, contraindications, simulated safe technique.
Emergency Management and Preparedness
Four-minute examiner oral questions integrated into every station.
25-minute station sequence
2 minutes stem reading → 15 minutes patient interaction → 4 minutes topic-specific oral questioning → 4 minutes emergency-management oral questioning.
Six active assessed stations plus one pre-test station and at least one rest station. Records Management is not assessed within the OSCE. All jurisdictions assess acupuncture.
Scoring includes criterion-based ratings, overall station ratings and critical safety red flags. The actual decision is made by CANRA; no official pass threshold is reproduced here.
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