Introduction. Future health care providers need to be trained in the knowledge and skills to effectively communicate with their patients with limited health literacy. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a curriculum designed to increase residents' health literacy knowledge, improve communication skills, and work with an interpreter. Materials and Methods. Family Medicine reside...

Abstract Background The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a part of emergency medicine (EM) examinations such as the Masters Medicine in Emergency (MMed) and equivalent Member Royal College (MRCEM) examination. use formative OSCEs to prepare EM residents for summative has not been investigated. This study aimed evaluate role preparing MMed MRCEM OSCE. Methods was an observatio...

objective: in aug 2004, for the first time, a psychiatric osce was piloted in iran. the objective of current study was to explore the view and opinion of both candidates and examiners after they took part in the exam. method: two focus groups were formed. there were 10 participants in each group. each group was asked to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the osce. the discussion was ta...

introduction: assessment tools of academic achievement in the field of surgery have always been received considerable attention. the issue that has received less attention is that which one of these methods has higher efficiency to cover appropriately educational objectives in surgical groups. this survey aimed to evaluate the results of three examinations (including osce, in-group educational ...

background: the faculty of medical sciences, university of zahedan implemented the objective structured clinical examination (osce) in the final examination during the 2003–2004 academic year. simultaneously, the pediatric department initiated faculty and student training, and instituted the osce as an assessment instrument during the pediatric clerkship in year 5. the study set out to explore ...

INTRODUCTION Nurses in remote areas of Australia are the primary healthcare professionals, who need to be able to deliver comprehensive and culturally sensitive care to clients, many of whom are Indigenous Australians. Adequate and specific preparation for practice is crucial to the quality of care delivered by remote area nurses (RANs). Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) provide...

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