Capacity Assessment in Medicine | OSCE Talk 🎙️

Visit oscetalk.com for more written educational resources!Subscribe on Spotify to support us!We focus on capacity assessment in this episode, this looks at the ability for patients to make decisions in the medical setting, this is something you may be asked to do in a Medical School exam. Capacity is made up of 4 main concepts and that is being able to retain, understand information, weigh up, and express their decision. Capacity is time and decision specific.🎧 Listen & Follow:🎙️ Spotify → ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/01yz38z....Website → https://www.oscetalk.com/🍎 Apple Podcasts → ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast....▶️ YouTube → / @oscetalkpod 📸 Instagram → / oscetalk_ 🎵 TikTok → / oscetalk_ ***Disclaimer*** OSCE Talk is an educational resource designed primarily to help healthcare students prepare for clinical examinations. Episodes on the key, exam-relevant and salient points of each topic and are not intended to provide a complete or exhaustive review of clinical management. ​ Content is for educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for formal teaching, clinical supervision, local policies or current national guidance. While we aim to keep our content accurate and useful, medical guidance changes over time and episodes may contain omissions or necessary simplifications. ​ Always refer to appropriate guidance when making clinical decisions or caring for patients.