Comparison of pharmacy student, evaluator, and standardised patient assessment of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) performance

Objective: The study aimed to (1) determine if standardised patient (SP) assessment of student communication differs from faculty and (2) identify factors that may affect their scoring since differences between evaluator could impact students’ learning feedback. Methods: Students completed four OSCEs in spring 2022. Communication skills were scored using a global rubric by evaluator, SP, student. SPs students rated confidence recommendations on scale 1-5 (1=lowest; 5=highest). Spearman correlation Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank tests used for analysis. Results: SP scores statistically significantly higher than scores. strongly correlated. Conclusion: Differences OSCE among types are important explore. consistently scores, which should be considered when as assessments.