background: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is one of the best methods of evaluating the achievement of domains such as educational objectives and cognitive, emotional, and psycho-motor aspects of medical students. according to available evidences, no study has been conducted  on the evaluating of osce in midwifery students. the main purpose of this study was the evaluation of ...

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...

evaluation of the psychiatry residency graduates knowledge and competencies has traditionally relied on the individual patient assessment (ipa) method (1,2). however, this method is unreliable and its outcome depends to a large extent on the luck of the draw (3-5). past research has shown that objective structured clinical examination (osce) method has many advantages over ipa (6-9). as a resul...

background: one of the methods used for standard setting is the borderline regression method (brm). this study aims to assess the reliability of brm when the pass-fail standard in an objective structured clinical examination (osce) was calculated by averaging the brm standards obtained for each station separately. materials and methods: in nine stations of the osce with direct observation the e...

background: programming and planning an appropriate structure for internship and purposeful assessments of students play a considerable role in developing their practical and theoretical knowledge level. one of the suitable alternatives for the traditional method is assessing internship through objective structured clinical examination (osce). therefore the aim of the present study is to perfor...

abstract background: nurses are members of the health care team for crisis response. identifying nurses’ capability in responding to a disaster and promoting their preparedness will lead to effective use of human resources and decreasing the detrimental effects of disaster. the purpose of this article was to determine emergency nurses’ competences in triage, life support, and basic clinical ski...

objective: given that the topic of bipolar disorder overdiagnosis has been relatively neglected in the literature and considering its significance in psychiatric training. the present study was conducted through an objective structured clinical examination (osce) on psychiatric residents to assess the validity of their clinical diagnosis. methods: twenty forth residents participated in the exam...