Clinical Skills Assessment

Catalog description

The End of Year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is an opportunity for students to demonstrate competency in clinical skill areas, and to gain insight into basic and clinical science areas needing additional development. The major purposes of the OSCE are (a) to evaluate, in a standardized way, each student's approach to patients with common complaints, demonstrating the clinical activities of history-taking, physical examination, communication skills and diagnostic reasoning that cannot be adequately assessed through written tests, (b) to provide individualized feedback to students about their clinical skills performance, and (c) to provide a measure of curriculum effectiveness. Passing the OSCE is required for graduation. Credit: 1. Saumil Chudgar, MD