Objective Structured Clinical Examinations

Full Name:

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations 

Acronym / Abbreviation:

OSCE

Purpose / Type:

GME Terminology

Description:

Performance-based testing used to measure clinicians’ clinical competence.  During an OSCE, clinicians are observed and evaluated as they go through a series of stations in which they interview, examine and treat standardized patients (SP) who present with some type of medical problem.

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