Since their inception in the 1970s, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) have become popular and now are part of the US Medical Licensing Examination for all US medical graduates. Despite general acceptance of this method, there is debate over the value of OSCE testing compared to more traditional methods. A review of reliability and validity research does not clearly show superio...

BACKGROUND Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a core component of undergraduate medical student assessment. With increased emphasis on integrated programmes, more courses include OSCEs in the traditionally 'preclinical' years. The acceptability and impact of such assessment methods at this stage of training is unknown. METHODS In 2013 and 2014 University College London Medica...

Background: Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is one of the most preferable means of evaluating cognitive, emotional and psychomotor aspects of nursing students. The present study was designed to determine the reliability and validity of OSCE in evaluating clinical skills of nursing students. Materials and methods: For this descriptive evaluative study, 10 different skills of nur...

Identical concerns have also been raised by Gupta(2). In both articles(l,2), the remedy for shortcomings of present examination system is said to be OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) approach. It is true that poor assessment of students Internal Medicine, 14th edn. Eds. Fanci AS, Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, Wilson JD, Martin JB, Kasper DL, et al. Philadelphia, Me Graw-Hill Compa...

introduction: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is one of the most appropriate methods for assessment of clinical skills.validity and reliability assurance is a mandatory factor for any assessment tool. in shiraz university of medical sciences, medical students’ clinical competences are evaluated by a pre-internship osce. this study is designed to examine the validity and reliabi...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of faculty and graduates of college of nursing towards Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as a valid and reliable method of clinical competency assessment in nursing ten years after its inception. Core nursing courses are based on instructional teaching methods and “hands-on” approach to impact cognitive, psychomotor skills and c...

background: over 90% of pharmacy students’ work in pharmacies after graduation which needs both knowledge and skill, thus one of the most essential courses of their education is pharmacy clerkship. an important part of an educational program is the evaluation of the trainees. different studies show that conventional written exams are not successful in evaluating the skills of the students and c...

background the objective structured clinical examination (osce) has been introduced as an efficient method for the assessment of medical students. objectives the aim of the present study was to determine the satisfaction level of undergraduate medical students of internal medicine department with the osce. materials and methods this was a descriptive cross-sectional study, performed on all avai...

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) offers several opportunities for effective feedback to be given students improve their performance. This study aimed evaluate the practices following OSCE in University of Port Harcourt (Uniport). was descriptive research involving administration semi-structured questionnaires examiners Faculty Sciences and final year medical Uniport. Informa...

Objective: Since the introduction of Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in medical education more than four decades ago, OSCEs have been adopted by a majority healthcare professional programmes, including pharmacy. This article aims to review best practices as well explore novel approaches use OSCE pharmacy education. Method: As with any assessment method, development stations star...