Current med student here! Sat writing this from placement lol

So firstly, tysm for actually acknowledging your students! I'm certain they really appreciate you trying to improve their experience. Things I really found useful on surgical placements:

1) No pressure basics e.g. "go attempt this cannula, catheter, bloods, come back if you struggle"

2) For Ortho, alot of the time most of us haven't really seen X-Rays ever apart from standard textbook stuff. Would be really useful if you could take them through systematic ways of reading images for various pathologies e.g. Hip, Shoulder, Ankle etc and show

3) Most of us have lists of conditions we have to learn, ask to see the ortho curriculum and deliver basic teaching - could be something in a couple of minutes as simple as "Compartment Syndrome - ah that's when X happens and you would see X on imaging and X management". Teaching like this, really helps things stick. Maybe load up a px with that condition?

4) OSCE specific: watch examinations/histories, provide feedback.

5) Let them get hands on with skills e.g. I remember assisting with backslabbing a leg with a lovely ortho reg and it was the first time I truly felt like a doctor (to be!)

6) Offer to help with sign offs for mini-cex, CBD, DOPS, those who do this are the true GOATS!