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The development, implementation and evaluation of a short course in objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) skills

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 54 , issue 1 , 2012 , pages: 50–54

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2012.10874175

Author(s): A De Villiers Centre for Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, , E Archer Centre for Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Health Sciences,

Keywords: OSCE , Objective Structured Clinical Examination , examiner training , examiner conduct , inter-rater reliability , inter-rater agreement

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Abstract

Background: Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) examiner training is widely employed to address some of the reliability and validity issues that accompany the use of this assessment tool. An OSCE skills course was developed and implemented at the Stellenbosch Faculty of Health Sciences and its influence on participants (clinicians) evaluated.

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