During their education, medical students must learn and develop the fundamental history-taking and physical examination skills to prepare them for their
medical careers. In an effort to standardize the clinical evaluations of these skills, North American medical schools use
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Medical students and residents perform clinical tasks with a simulated patient and the student is evaluated on the questions that are asked of the patient and how the physical examination was conducted. These are generally evaluated in a checklist manner, with appropriate actions receiving a checkmark. Most medical schools use this form of evaluation as early as the…
Quite helpful and stimulating though it could do much better with some discussion on pathology/lab results.
