Introduction: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is one of the most appropriate methods for assessment of clinical skills.Validity and reliability assurance is a mandatory factor for any assessment tool. In Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, medical students’ clinical competences are evaluated by a pre-internship OSCE. This study is designed to examine the validity and reliabi...

BACKGROUND The use of objective structured clinical examination in pediatrics is not common in undergraduate evaluation process. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of objective structured clinical examination as compare to conventional examination as formative assessment tool in Pediatrics. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional comparative study in defined population of 9th semester M...

since 1960s, many experts criticized the use of traditional examinations to assess the skills of medical trainees at all levels and many efforts implemented to create a feasible instrument to measure these skills. objective structured clinical examination (osce) is a modern type of evaluation which is used in many psychiatric and other clinical centers worldwide and has shown a credible validit...