The virtual Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competence: the impact and challenges of a digitised final examination.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how clinical examinations are conducted, resulting in the Royal College of Psychiatrists delivering the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competence virtually. Although this pragmatic step has allowed for progression of training, it has come at the cost of a significantly altered examination experience. This article aims to explore the fairness of such an examination, the difference in trainee experience, and the use of telemedicine to consider what might be lost as well as gained at a time when medical education and delivery of healthcare are moving toward the digitised frontier.

The use of simulation to develop advanced communication skills relevant to psychiatry.

Objective: Using simulation, we developed an advanced communication skill training programme with the objective of improving core psychiatry trainees' confidence in managing difficult situations at work.

Design: Two simulation courses, comprising six scenarios, were developed for psychiatry core trainees (CTs) on the University College London Partners (UCLP) training scheme. Trainees were divided into small groups.

The role of GnRH analogue therapy in the management of proximal fallopian tube occlusion.

Ten infertile women were diagnosed as having bilateral or unilateral proximal tubal occlusion in the presence of minimal to mild endometriosis. They were treated with GnRH analogue for 3 months. The aim was to assess the usefulness of therapy in reversing the tubal block.