Varicella exposure in pregnancy — communication and management station

Station brief

Format. Communication and management station, approximately 12 minutes. You are the registrar in the antenatal day assessment unit. A midwife and the consultant are available. The assessor runs the clock and feeds you laboratory results and the woman's responses. ^[1]

Candidate instruction. Lead the assessment and counselling of a pregnant woman with a household varicella exposure and unknown immune status. Verbalise your clinical reasoning, your serology-led approach, your post-exposure prophylaxis decision with the agent and timing, and your communication with the woman about the fetal risk. ^[1][2]