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[dr.arsalanjaved]

Give that man a Oscar, He truly deserves it

[pppmeen]

Feels a bit strange that the Doctor would say "I'm happy to discuss your results" seems like the exact opposite of a warning shot.

[Aaron-ccyq]

How is this gentleman not in movies!? Performance of a generation!

[romz]

I feel the doctor could have shown much more empathy in her tone of voice and facial expressions

[meghalshah]

the actor is so good that watching him made me cry. firstly in the angry patient, i felt afraid and now i am feeling sad. such a good actor he is.. 😅 expecting more videos with him.

[usmanmushtaq]

that gave me Goosebumps cuz of how sad and emotional this situation is. to be honest, my day would have been destroyed consulting a patient like this

[MrMegasayf]

He is such a great actor, I literally cried with him :(

[zensurgery]

She would have shown empathy and offered tissue paper when he cried

[faririzvi]

Doctor is like that she is running late and has to tick all the boxes...no sympathy

[DrVaruntyagi]

How can we even use the word- “happy”? The patient is definitely not gonna be happy!

[Tan-nshr]

Why on earth would she say "it's very early in your journey" It just confuses the patient, considering his cancer has actually spread. The actor was amazing, but this was a poor breaking bad news station from the doctor

[JuvenileLeech]

I think silence is very useful. This is a short video to show what should be done and they didn't have time to pause - also this is for an OSCE which is not the greatest way to test bedside competency imo. I feel like if my doctors give me time to process and think, I like them a lot more! It's natural to feel awkward when telling someone they don't have a lot longer to live and to fill that awkwardness with talking. But silence can be very powerful and the patient will fill it by expressing things that they wouldn't have otherwise.

[mentenegro]

This gentleman deserves to work for GMC of ECFMG as a simulator for OSCEs.

[ameerali]

Amazing job, huge respect to both of you. The Gentleman is a subperb actor.

[wendyiphieokora]

The actor is just too good. The doctor was pretty cold except towards the end.

[dianapereira]

Great role play, really helpful! I would have liked a summary of the steps on one page at the end of the video

[lucyjones]

this guy is an incredible actor, it felt so real

[socratessocratilis]

Studying this as i prepare for plab 2 next week. My mum had a similar diagnosis a week ago. Absolutely devastating.

[MubarakModibbo]

ok i know doc was just following a format but the tone & line of questioning at the beginning seems awfully misleading to me, given what the way the conversation was going to

[horizon]

The doctor wasn’t seemingly good for the amount of his great and excellent acting