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๐Ÿ’šClinical education, including OSCE (IEN/RTP) specialists ๐Ÿ’œ Highly experienced UK RNs & educators ๐Ÿ’กAdult OSCE support-various options ๐Ÿค Post OSCE preceptorship/induction, learning & career development, including interview support & more.

We are based in Northern Ireland, near to Belfast but what makes us unique? Independent, experienced, personalised appro...
28/07/2025

We are based in Northern Ireland, near to Belfast but what makes us unique?

Independent, experienced, personalised approach with you - the nurse and client, at the centre. Your goals and priorities are also ours.

OSCE success and quality education advocates.

Long history of UK clinical and social care education since 2017, with our specialist interest and experience Adult OSCE, since 2019. 450 nurses supported to OSCE success so far, from a variety of circumstances.

Flexible, communicative approach - We will communicate with professionalism, kindess and honesty throughout the whole process and encourage you to do the same. We want you to ask questions and dicuss any concerns with confidence.

Very small groups or one to one - You will never be faced with large groups. Our sessions, whether online or face to face are always interactive and one to one or very small groups.

No gimmicks, memorising or 'hacks' - just realistic advice from experienced UK RNs with quality, supportive education and patient safety as priorities.

We want you to pass your exam in the most cost effective way, making safe decisions with professional confidence.

Personalised, respectful approach - We want you to be yourself and relax quickly - this maxmises your learning time.

๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ - We welcome enquiries from nurses in a variety of circumstances, both internationally and UK educated return to practice nurses. โฃ
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We work collaboratively and our aim is to support you to OSCE success, in the most cost effective way.

Your feedback is important and your success, wellbeing, goals, preferences and patient safety are our priority.

How can we support you?
We have one space left to start Adult OSCE preparation in August and further availability September onwards - small group or one to one support.

Please get in touch to arrange an informal, confidential, free of charge chat to plan your OSCE success.

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โ€ข DM or Call/WhatsApp - 07492 945 814โฃ
โ€ข Email - info@avant-gardelearning.co.uk โฃ
โ€ข Website - https://avant-gardelearning.co.uk/contact/
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๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ? UK Care home and NHS application, information and interview suppor...
27/07/2025

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ? UK Care home and NHS application, information and interview support sessions โ€“ 13th August 2025.โฃ
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โ„น๏ธ How much? โฃ
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โœ…ยฃ45 per session or free for current learners.โฃ
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โ„น๏ธ Who are these sessions for?โฃ
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โœ…International nursesโฃ
โœ…Newly qualified nursesโฃ
โœ…Return to practice nursesโฃ
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๐Ÿ UK Care home session developed and facilitated by Olivia Turner
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โ€ข Olivia has worked in NI (UK) health and social care settings since 1999, as a Care Assistant and then later, a UK NMC registered nurse. โฃ
โ€ข Many yearsโ€™ experience in a variety of senior care home nursing roles, including education and mentorship supporting nurses during recruitment, pre and post NMC registration.โฃ

More info on Olivia here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-turner-avant-garde-learning?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app
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โœ…UK Care home interview and interview preparation โฃ
13th August 2025 at 9.00am (UK)โฃ
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โ„น๏ธ Where?โฃ
โœ… Onlineโฃ
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๐ŸจNHS session developed and facilitated by our collaborator Nurse Tutor - Tutoring with Hannah
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โ€ข Hannah is an experienced UK NMC registered nurse of 21 years โฃ
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โ€ข NHS interviewer University nursing interviewerโฃ
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โ„น๏ธ When?โฃ
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โœ… NHS application and interview session. โฃ
13th August 2025 at 7pm. โฃ
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โ„น๏ธ Where?โฃ
โœ… Onlineโฃ
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To register for these sessions, please email:โฃ
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๐Ÿ˜๏ธCare Home session - email info@avant-gardelearning.co.uk โฃ
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๐ŸฅNHS session - email hannahlames@outlook.comโฃ
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With years of experience working in our specialities, we are passionate about sharing our knowledge and expertise to help you make informed decisions on your next steps, following your UK NMC registration. โฃ
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We understand that the job market is challenging just now. โฃ
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Our aim is to provide accurate, impartial information to support your job applications and interview preparation. โฃ
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๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ? Nursing is a profession of many opportunities. We have transferable skills, enabling us to work cross a huge variety of settings. โฃ
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๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž โ€“ like all our sessions, we keep numbers low. For this reason, we will stop taking bookings once our maximum limit has been reached for this session. โฃ
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๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜’ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. Therefore, these sessions are for information and guidance purposes only and attendees will need to pursue their own opportunities for roles and interviews. Our focus is learning and career development, not recruitment. โฃ
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๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ! โฃโฃAfter supporting nurses to OSCE success since 2019 as ...
22/07/2025

๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ! โฃโฃ

After supporting nurses to OSCE success since 2019 as a clinical educator, Iโ€™ve had to adjust through the changes in the exam, as well as candidates. It was a massive upheaval - a constantly moving target, and I was updating my programme pretty much every day for a while. The changes in the exam are now nicely embedded and less edits to the marking criteria etc. โฃโฃ
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I now enjoy teaching and supporting nurses for the updated Test of Competence (Part 2-OSCE) far more than I did for Legacy OSCE (6 station-older format). โฃโฃ
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Why? Rationale and evidence-base. โฃโฃIt's less contradictory now.
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Because itโ€™s now aligning more closely with everyday clinical practice and everything is linked. Instead of me saying โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜–๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜Œ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€ (Legacy-old style OSCE), Iโ€™m now frequently saying โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜–๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜Œ, ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€ โ€“ This is GREAT news! โฃโฃ
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However, there is an area that nurses still often seem to spend less time on than practical skills - Written skills. โฃโฃ
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The above are written, silent skills and can be come up in your 4 linked skills stations (from a potential 19, currently being tested in Adult OSCE-correct as of 22/07/25)โฃโฃ
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As part of your 6 other stations (APIE, PV and EBP), you will always get one of these purely written stations: โฃโฃ
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โ€ข Professional Values - 11 potential scenariosโฃโฃ
โ€ข Evidence Based Practice - 12 potential scenariosโฃโฃ
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๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต.โฃโฃ
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Please make sure you spend time practicing them. โฃโฃ
Why? They are no less important than practical, clinical skills and even if they donโ€™t end up coming up on your OSCE day, you are likely to use all or some of these skills after OSCE, in a UK nursing role. โฃโฃ
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Think of the bigger picture and the long-term impact - this will help you succeed at OSCE and hopefully, after OSCE too. โฃโฃ
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Have a great week and best wishes for your OSCE preparation ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’œโฃโฃ

- Olivia
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Spaces left for our small group programme starting online, 3rd September.  We are proud to deliver this ongoing Adult OS...
16/07/2025

Spaces left for our small group programme starting online, 3rd September.
We are proud to deliver this ongoing Adult OSCE programme in collaboration Nurse Tutor - Tutoring with Hannah

Day 2 face to face session today was a success! We have been focusing on safe medication management and clinical skills, both written and practical.

๐Ÿ’กWritten skills are as likely as practical clinical skills to come up as part of your 4 skills on your OSCE day. So please don't leave these out of your revision.

It isn't just about passing OSCE, there is so much more to it๐Ÿ’กThink of the bigger picture.

As educators and UK registered nurses, we have a responsibility to support our colleagues. We promote nurse wellbeing, confidence and competence and therefore ultimately, patient safety.

OSCE training quality matters and should not just 'tick boxes' to get you through the exam.

Why is our approach different?

You will never be faced with endless powerpoints and large classrooms of nurses. We listen, we discuss, we demonstrate, we cover theory and we will always encourage and answer questions.

We want you to pass your exam in the most cost effective way, making safe decisions with professional confidence.

Personalised, respectful approach - We want you to be yourself and relax quickly - this maxmises your learning time.

๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ - We welcome enquiries from nurses in a variety of circumstances, both internationally and UK educated return to practice nurses. โฃ
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Interested? Please get in touch to arrange an informal, confidential, free of charge chat to plan your OSCE success.

How can you contact us? โฃ
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โ€ข DM or Call/WhatsApp - 07492 945 814โฃ
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โ€ข Website - https://avant-gardelearning.co.uk/contact/
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๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐€๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ? Start planning and preparing soon๐Ÿ’กโฃโฃWe have current availability for...
14/07/2025

๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐€๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ? Start planning and preparing soon๐Ÿ’กโฃ
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We have current availability for bookings mid-late August onwards and offer a variety of flexible options and payment plans to suit. โฃ
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Our individualised support enables nurses to be better equipped to make safe, independent decisions on their OSCE day as they prepare thoroughly over a period of months, practicing and considering rationale throughout. โฃ

Whether you choose online, face to face or a combination of both, we are committed to cost-effectiveness and boosting professional confidence with quality, evidenced-based and learner-centred teaching.
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We are a N. Ireland (UK) based and nurse-owned clinical training provider. โฃ

We are experienced, qualified educators and senior UK RNs who have been supporting nurses to OSCE success since 2019 both in-house and now, independently. โฃโฃ

โฃโฃDemonstrated success having supported 450 nurses to OSCE success since 2019.โฃ
Programme learner success rate- 100%.โฃ
1st time pass rate - 85%.

๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ! As the educator, I frequently take on the role of patient actor whil...
12/07/2025

๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ! As the educator, I frequently take on the role of patient actor while I am assessing. Often, I am the nurse demonstrating. Sometimes, I am all 3 at once, which is fun! ๐Ÿค’๐Ÿค•๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“

Like me, our nurses get fully involved and learn how to verbalise what they are doing and why.

They take turns being the patient actor-yes, even online, and they also get to be the assessor.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜–๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜Œ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ? This allows nurses, under simulated circumstances, to see and understand things from different perspectives, picking up on subtle cues and nuances that they may miss otherwise.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Like our patients, we are all from different backgrounds. Everyoneโ€™s perspective is relevant and acknowledged.

Peer feedback should always be constructive, professional and has the potential to invoke discussion, deep understanding of UK nursing guidelines and the power of clear communication.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ '๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ' ?

Patient and observer perspective, as well as the nurseโ€™s, helps us to understand and really โ€˜get intoโ€™ each scenario.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.
Really dig into it - what setting am I working in? Who is the patient? What do they like to be called? What are their concerns? What is their history?

๐‘๐ž๐š๐, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ.

As the nurse, how would you like your words and actions to be remembered in that patient's story?

How would you feel if you were the patient in that moment? Or as the assessor and as the nurse.

Did it make you feel comfortable to witness? Anything you would change?

As the patient, did the nurse ask you for consent by giving you relevant information first?
Or did they just go ahead and start without asking you if it was okay with you first?
Did they listen to your replies and respond accordingly? Or did they speak over you, ignoring your reply and asking you the next question.

How was their manner and communication?
Clear and compassionate or stilted and lacking in clarity.

So, you see - OSCE preparation is not about checklists. Itโ€™s about people and patients as the priority.

We must truly understand rationale for each intervention, treating each person as an individual, rather than learning the marking criteria and saying the โ€˜rightโ€™ words.

Dont forget ๐Ÿ’กYou are also still allowed to be yourself throughout the process.

Best of luck โ€“ you can do it!

Olivia - Independent Nurse Educator based in N.Ireland - UK.










Photo credit - many thanks to: https://www.tracysteelephotography.co.uk/

11/07/2025

Day one face to face session today was a success!

Spaces left for our small group, interactive online sessions starting 3rd September. We are proud to deliver this ongoing Adult OSCE online/face to face programme in collaboration Nurse Tutor - Tutoring with Hannah

I have some availability left for mid-late August if you would like to start online earlier, either one to one or in very small groups.

Plan, prepare and succeed - Starting preparations in August or September would be ideal for those sitting OSCE in late Oct/Nov.
Regardless of when you start online, you have the option to upgrade to face to face sessions later as needed.

It isn't just about passing OSCE, there is so much more to it๐Ÿ’กThink of the bigger picture.

As educators and UK registered nurses, we have a responsibility to support our colleagues. We promote nurse wellbeing, confidence and competence and therefore ultimately, patient safety.

OSCE training quality matters and should not just 'tick boxes' to get you through the exam.

Why is our approach different?

You will never be faced with endless powerpoints and large classrooms of nurses. We listen, we discuss, we demonstrate, we cover theory and we will always encourage and answer questions.

We want you to pass your exam in the most cost effective way, making safe decisions with professional confidence.

Personalised, respectful approach - We want you to be yourself and relax quickly - this maxmises your learning time.

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Let's talk SIFE - Supporting information from employers. If you are thinking about this as an option to support your NMC...
04/07/2025

Let's talk SIFE - Supporting information from employers. If you are thinking about this as an option to support your NMC application, it is important for you, the applicant to understand the guidelines, as well as your employer.

Find out more here โฌ‡๏ธ
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The best part of my job? Getting to support other nurses with their goals, on their own timeline ๐Ÿ’œ




03/07/2025

How does our flexible approach to OSCE preparation and support actually work in practice? Why do our learners achieve high first-time pass rates, retain their learning for post OSCE clinical practice and recommend us to others?

This week, we have:

โ€ข Continued supporting a small group of nurses who have been preparing for months and are sitting OSCE soon at Ulster CTC (NMC OSCE Centre).

โ€ข One nurse has just arrived in the UK for final face to face sessions to consolidate their learning, which has been ongoing online, for a number of months.

โ€ข The other nurse is already living in the UK and has been working in a different health and social care role for the last 2 years. This nurse has also been preparing for months and has been attending face to face sessions in the last 2 weeks.

Both are making excellent progress!

We have covered all theory, demonstrations and strategies online, with both nurses attending all online sessions and fully commited to their self-directed learning.

This hard work is demonstrated in each session, with their confidence growing each day.

These practical sessions consolidate all previous learning and allow our nurses to continue building confidence and competence for the big day & beyond.

New learners.

We are delighted to recently welcome 3 nurses to our supportive OSCE programme. They had access to their e-learning from day 1 and their first sessions online this week.

3 wonderful nurses from a variety of circumstances, already committed and working hard to achieve OSCE success.

Looking forward to meeting them in person when they arrive in the UK in the coming months.

OSCE training quality matters and should not just 'tick boxes' to get you through the exam.

These nurses will be better equipped to make safe, independent decisions on their OSCE day as they prepare thoroughly over a period of months, practicing and considering rationale throughout.

In contrast to a short, intensive course, this approach maximises the chances of a first time pass and learning is more likely be retained longer term.
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How can we support you? Please get in touch to arrange an informal, confidential, free of charge chat to plan your OSCE success.

How can you contact us? โฃ
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โ€ข Email - info@avant-gardelearning.co.uk โฃ
โ€ข Website - Contact - Avant-garde learning https://share.google/YbK6criiGO2UnUCbT

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We are a N. Ireland (UK) based and nurse-owned clinical training provider. โฃ
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We are experienced, qualified educators and UK RNs who have been supporting nurses to OSCE success since 2019 both in-house and now, independently. โฃ
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Demonstrated success having supported 450 nurses to OSCE success since 2019.
Programme learner success rate- 100%.
1st time pass rate - 85%.

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We understand the importance of the bigger picture and will always be transparent, professional, kind and supportive with our advice, based on your individual circumstances. โฃ
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We're here to support you and your goals, on your own timeline and as we are not affiliated with any other organisations, we able to advise from an experienced but impartial perspective. โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? Please get in touch to arrange an informal, confidential, free of charge chat to plan your OSCE success or other career goals. We are currently taking bookings for OSCE support from mid-August onwards. โฃ
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How can you contact us? โฃ
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โ€ข DM or Call/WhatsApp - 07492 945 814โฃ
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๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ? ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜–๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜Œ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข...
01/07/2025

๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ? ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜–๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜Œ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ?โฃ
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๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ? โฃ
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Independent approach with you, the nurse at the centre - As the client, your goals and priorities are also ours. โฃ
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๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ - Long history of UK clinical and social care education, with our specialist interest and experience being Adult OSCE success. 450 nurses supported to OSCE success so far, from a variety of circumstances. โฃ
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๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก - We will communicate with professionalism, kindness and honesty throughout the whole process and encourage you to do the same. We want you to ask questions and dicuss any concerns with confidence. โฃ
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๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ž - You will never be faced with large groups. Our sessions, whether online or face to face are always interactive and one to one or very small groups. โฃ
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We want you to pass your exam in the most cost effective way, making safe decisions with professional confidence. โฃ
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๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก - We want you to be yourself and relax quickly - this maxmises your learning time. โฃ
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๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ž๐’๐‚๐„ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ - We welcome enquiries from nurses in a variety of circumstances, both internationally and UK educated return to practice nurses. โฃโฃ
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We work collaboratively and our aim is to support you to OSCE success, in the most cost effective way. โฃ
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Your feedback is important and your success, wellbeing, goals, preferences and patient safety are our priority. โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? Please get in touch to arrange an informal, confidential, free of charge chat to plan your OSCE success. โฃ
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How can you contact us? โฃโฃ
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โ€ข DM or Call/WhatsApp - 07492 945 814โฃโฃ
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โ€ข Website - https://avant-gardelearning.co.uk/contact/โฃ
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