background and purpose: to investigate how much the method of observation agrees with a standardised review of evidence of clinical examination, for the assessment of clinical otoscopic competence. methods: 65 medical students took part in an objective structured clinical examination (osce) station using patients with real pathology. examiners assessed otoscopic competency in tympanic membrane ...

The aim of the present research was to analyze autonomic stress response nursing students in a Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE). We analyzed, 41 s-year degree (20.1 ± 2.3 years), modifications heart rate variability (HRV) monitor before, during and after 18 different scenarios complete OSCE. Heart mean nurse consistent with an anticipatory anxiety at beginning OSCE, showing sympa...

An objective structured long examination record (OSLER) is a modification of the long-case clinical examination and is mainly used in medical education. This study aims to obtain nursing students' views of the OSLER compared with the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), which is used to assess discrete clinical skills. A sample of third-year undergraduate nursing students (n=21) vo...

CONTEXT Assessment of clinical skills has a central role in medical education and the selection of suitable methods is highly relevant. The OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) is now established as one of the most valid, reliable and effective tests for the assessment of clinical skills. OBJECTIVE To describe student and faculty perceptions of an OSCE introduced in a traditional ...