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The Definitive Guide to the OSCE

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination as a Performance Assessment

  • 1st Edition - June 15, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Ronald M. Harden, Pat Lilley, Madalena Patricio
  • Language: English

The Definitive Guide to the OSCE: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination as a Performance Assessment highlights the basic concepts underpinning the OSCE, its developme… Read more

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The Definitive Guide to the OSCE: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination as a Performance Assessment highlights the basic concepts underpinning the OSCE, its development and implementation in practice. Practical guidelines and tips are provided based on the authors’ extensive experience gained over 40 years. Case studies are included to illustrate the OSCE’s use in a wide range of settings and professions to assess the expected learning outcomes. The text is supplemented with personal accounts and anecdotes.

Used globally in all phases of education in the different healthcare professions, the OSCE was first described by the lead author, Harden, in 1975 and it is now the gold standard for performance assessment.

Key features

  • This book provides a full understanding of the basic concepts underpinning the OSCE and shows how to implement an OSCE effectively and efficiently in a variety of contexts
  • It includes case studies demonstrating the use of the OSCE in practice in a range of different fields
  • Practical guidelines and tips are provided based on the authors’ extensive experience

Readership

Teachers and trainers in medicine, whether engaged in undergraduate, postgraduate or continuing education; Medical curriculum developers, OSCE station developers, student advisors or education researchers; Medical and other accrediting bodies

Table of contents

An Introduction to the Objective Structured Clinical Examination

1. What is an OSCE?

2. The inside story of the development of the OSCE

3. The OSCE as the gold standard for performance assessment

4. How the OSCE can contribute to the education programme

5. What is assessed in an OSCE?

Implementation of an OSCE

6. Choosing a format for an OSCE

7. The setting for an OSCE

8. The patient

9. The examiner

10. Implementing an OSCE

11. Evaluating the examinee's performance

12. Providing feedback to the learner

13. The examinee's perspective

14. Evaluating an OSCE

15. Costs and implementing an OSCE with limited resources

Some Final Thoughts

16. Limitations of the OSCE

17. Conclusions and looking to the future

Examples of the use of the OSCE in different settings and contexts: case studies

Review quotes

"This book is an invaluable addition. It pulls together in one place pretty well everything that is known about the OSCE; what works and what doesn’t. It is a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any educational leader." Reviewed by Geoff Norman’s Foreword

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 15, 2015
  • Language: English

About the authors

RH

Ronald M. Harden

Professor Ronald M Harden is recognised as a leading international expert in medical education with experience as a teacher, curriculum developer, and teaching dean of a medical school. He is currently General Secretary of AMEE, an International Association for Medical Education.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor (Emeritus) Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK, Editor Medical Teacher, UK

PL

Pat Lilley

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Fellow, University of Dundee, UK

MP

Madalena Patricio

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal.