Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): Is an Implication for Nursing Education

Abstract

OSCE is a form of performance-based testing used to measure examinee’s clinical competence, where they are evaluated as they go through a series of stations in which they interview, examine and treat standardized patients who present with some of the medical problems. It is used commonly in nursing education, to assess clinical skill proficiency of students. OSCE can help students to gain confidence and apply their skills in the clinical field. It can use to measure clinical skills, helps to promote interaction between students and examiner and also can used for structured marking scheme. It has different components includes the examination coordinating committee, the examination coordinator, lists of skills, Behaviors and Attitudes to be assessed, Criteria for scoring the assessment (marking scheme of checklist), the examinees, the examiners, examination site, examination stations.