Open AccessA Short Note on Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Author(s) -
Pauline Sharmila
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i53b33702
Subject(s) - objective structured clinical examination , competence (human resources) , medical education , objectivity (philosophy) , physical examination , audit , medicine , psychology , nursing , management , surgery , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , economics
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a structured competency based examination popularly used in examining the Medical and Nursing students. The clinical competence is evaluated by a team of examiners through uniformly timed, multiple stations. OSCE as an evaluation tool is gaining importance and it is becoming very popularly used by examiners all over the world as it is standardised and multiple observations and skills can be assessed equally for all the students in a single preparation. OSCE with its advantages like objectivity, tailored stations, safety of the patients and provision of audit and recording of the entire process has made it the most needed assessment of the skill component in most of the professional programmes concerning medical and nursing students.