Part I OSCE examinations

Concurrent validity of written and OSCE components of the Canadian dental certification examinations.

The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada (NDEB) Written Examination and Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) by correlating students' scores with their performance in the final year of the D.D.S./D.M.D. program. The subjects of this study were the 2,317 students at nine Canadian dental schools who completed both...

Accuracy of portrayal by standardized patients: Results from four OSCE stations conducted for high stakes examinations

BACKGROUND The reliability in Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) is based on variance introduced due to examiners, stations, items, standardized patients (SP), and the interaction of one or more of these items with the candidates. The impact of SPs on the reliability has not been well studied. Accordingly, the main purpose of the present study was to assess the accuracy of portrayal by...

Are Japanese Nominal Wages Downwardly Rigid? (Part I): Examinations of Nominal Wage Change Distributions

We would like to thank Professors Charles Yuji Horioka (Osaka University) and Atsushi Seike (Keio University), Messrs. Takeshi Kimura (Bank of Japan, Policy Planning Office), Tomiyuki Kitamura (Bank of Japan, Financial Markets Department), and Toshitaka Sekine (Bank of Japan, Research and Statistics Department), participants at the seminars of the Kansai Institute for Social Economic Research a...

Part] I I

Assessing Communication Skills of Medical Students in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) - A Systematic Review of Rating Scales

BACKGROUND Teaching and assessment of communication skills have become essential in medical education. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been found as an appropriate means to assess communication skills within medical education. Studies have demonstrated the importance of a valid assessment of medical students' communication skills. Yet, the validity of the performance sc...