The sights and insights of examiners in objective structured clinical examinations.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is considered to be one of the most robust methods of clinical assessment. One of its strengths lies in its ability to minimise the effects of examiner bias due to the standardisation of items and tasks for each candidate. However, OSCE examiners' assessment scores are influenced by several factors that may jeopardise the assumed objectivity of OSCEs. To better understand this phenomenon, the current review aims to determine and describe important sources of examiner bias and the factors affecting examiners' assessments.

Methods

We performed a narrative review of the medical literature using Medline. All articles meeting the selection criteria were reviewed, with salient points extracted and synthesised into a clea

SUBMITTER: Chong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5801428 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature