title: [Application of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for pediatric internship assessment in two schools of medicine].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has become a respected and widely used tool for the assessment of clinical competence in medical education.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the first experience of an OSCE as a summative assessment in undergraduate Pediatric Internship, in two universities.
  
  
  METHODS
  The OSCE was structured by a committee of faculty members of the 5 campi of University of Chile and I campus of the Catholic University. A 21 station OSCE was administered simultaneously to 124 Pediatric Interns (University of Chile = 104, Catholic University = 20), in 3 centers. A total of 50 faculty members participated in the examination. The OSCE consisted of 20 clinical problems, including videotape recordings, photographs, x-rays and laboratory exams, phantoms and 7 simulated standardized parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average total OSCE score was 67.3% (range: 84.5%-43.5%). The maximum theoretic score was achieved in 19 stations. A significant correlation between station and total score, was found for 18 of the 20 clinical problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The experience of using OSCE has been a success. The OSCE was an adequate procedure to assess a large number of interns simultaneously and it allowed us to measure the main objectives in all domains and a wide range of clinical competence of Pediatric Internship Programs.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. xtrivino@med.puc.cl
authors.forename: Ximena
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Triviño
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vásquez
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mena
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aldunate
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varas
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lillo
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations