The Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Author(s) -
Carol Carraccio,
Robert Englander
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.154.7.736
Subject(s) - objective structured clinical examination , accreditation , medical education , competence (human resources) , graduate medical education , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , validity , medline , medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics , social psychology , political science , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , law
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is embarking on the major task of a paradigm shift in graduate education in the direction of competency-based medical education and evaluation of outcomes. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), a measure of clinical competence that focuses on outcomes via observable behaviors, is gaining national recognition.
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