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Dr. Broquet is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL. Address correspondence to Dr. Broquet, Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 19636, Springfield, IL 62794-9636. Key Words: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Standardized Patients Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) have become a respected and relatively well validated form of learner assessment, particularly at the medical student level. An OSCE involves a series of stations at which examinees perform a variety of clinical tasks. Stations may or may not utilize a standardized patient (SP). Performance is evaluated with checklists or ratings specifically tailored to the station. In this issue, Brian Hodges and the University of Toronto Psychiatric Skills Assessment Team provide a very nice tour of the development of an OSCE for evaluating psychiatry clerks. Psychiatric OSCEs have been less prevalent at the postgraduate level. The psychiatry residency program at Southern Illinois University (SIU) has been using a yearly structured clinical examination at the postgraduate level since 1985. THE OSCE AT SIU In its current form, the clinical exam at SIU consists of two stations involving a clinical task withPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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