Emergency contraception request from a seventeen-year-old
PEBC OSCE practice station
Ethics, consent & capacity · 2 min to read · 7 min to perform
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Assess the situation, decide what you can provide, and counsel her on next steps.
Jasmine SinghUm, hi. Can I talk to you privately? I need the morning-after pill. Please don't tell my parents.
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You are a pharmacist in a community pharmacy. Ms Jasmine Singh, aged 17, comes in alone and quietly asks for emergency contraception. She asks that you do not tell her parents. Assess the situation, decide what you can provide, and counsel her on next steps. The assessor will not take part in the conversation.
What this station tests
- Offer privacy and explain the limits of confidentiality at the start.
- Assess capacity and consent in a capable minor respectfully; parental consent is not needed.
- Screen for coercion and safety.
- Timing matters; offer the most suitable option today and mention the copper IUD.
- Cover side effects, pregnancy testing, infection testing and ongoing contraception.
Sources for the clinical content
- Sex & U (SOGC): Emergency contraception
- Sex & U (SOGC): Emergency contraception pamphlet
- Canadian Pharmacists Association: statement on levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pills
- Canadian Paediatric Society: Medical decision-making in paediatrics, infancy to adolescence
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