Clinical communication teaching

Make OSCE communication practice videos

Create an OSCE communication practice video by supplying the role-play brief, learner task and communication points used in your teaching. AutoScribble helps turn them into an editable whiteboard explanation. Introduce the scenario, show the structure of the conversation and close with a reflection prompt, keeping the exercise grounded in the tutor’s supplied framework rather than invented assessment criteria.

Audience: Clinical communication tutors

Edit your script before generating the video.

Editable starter prompt

Create a 120-second, 16:9 whiteboard introduction to our OSCE communication practice for [learners]. Use the role-play brief and tutor framework below. Explain the roles, task and communication objective, then use the supplied example wording to illustrate [selected communication point]. Distinguish scenario facts from tutor commentary. Do not invent assessment criteria, scoring, clinical advice or a successful outcome. Keep the narration focused on the structure learners will practise, and finish with [reflection question or next role-play task]. Suggest simple scenes that support the exercise without promising a simulated consultation. [Paste your source material here]

A communication practice video can prepare learners for a role-play or explain a point after it. Choose that purpose before writing. A preparation version needs the task and context without resolving the whole conversation; a feedback version can focus on the supplied example phrase and why the tutor wants learners to consider a different approach.

Define the communication task before the script

Name the roles, setting and specific communication objective in the supplied exercise. Identify what the learner is expected to understand or practise, using the tutor’s wording. Keep scenario facts separate from example phrases. This prevents the video from becoming a generic conversation that sounds plausible but does not prepare learners for the activity they will actually undertake.

Show the structure through one useful example

Select a short exchange or narrated example from your teaching material. Explain its purpose: for example, opening the conversation or checking understanding, if those are part of your brief. Use concise scene labels to show the stages. A narrated whiteboard illustration can introduce the structure without claiming to reproduce a realistic consultation or automatically assess the learner’s performance.

Finish with a reflection linked to the exercise

Ask learners to notice a particular feature of the supplied communication example, then connect it to the role-play or debrief. Avoid claiming that one phrase is universally correct in every situation. Review the two-minute landscape draft against your local exercise and make sure the video names the task clearly, without adding an assessment endorsement or score.

Illustrative storyboard

A possible scene sequence

A tutor-led introduction to a communication practice exercise.

  1. Scene 1

    Visual

    The role-play setting and learner task appear.

    Narration

    This exercise asks you to practise the communication task described here.

  2. Scene 2

    Visual

    The conversation structure is shown using supplied stage labels.

    Narration

    These stages organise the example used in this session.

  3. Scene 3

    Visual

    One supplied phrase appears with its tutor explanation.

    Narration

    Consider what this wording is intended to achieve in the scenario.

  4. Scene 4

    Visual

    A reflection question leads into practice.

    Narration

    Use this question when attempting or reviewing the role-play.

Example storyboard; your generated video will vary.

Questions

Will this assess a learner’s OSCE performance?
No. The video explains your supplied exercise or feedback point. Keep assessment and scoring within the approach used by your teaching team.
Can I include example dialogue?
Yes. Supply the wording and explain its teaching purpose. A narrated scene can discuss it without promising multiple character voices or a realistic consultation simulation.
Should the script include a perfect model conversation?
Use a complete model only if it serves your lesson. A focused example with clear context and reflection may leave more room for learners to practise and discuss alternatives.

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