title: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as a determinant of veterinary clinical skills.
abstract: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has become an excellent tool to evaluate many elements of a student's clinical skills, especially including communication with the patient (human medicine) or client (veterinary medicine); eliciting clinical information from these conversations; some aspects of the physical examination; and many areas of clinical evaluation and assessment. One key factor is that the examination can be structured to compare different students' abilities.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. m.h.davis@dundee.ac.uk
authors.forename: Margery H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Gominda G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Ponnamperuma
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McAleer
authors.forename: Vicky H M
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Dale
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D000818:Animals; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D013334:Students; D018634:Veterinarians / Q000523:psychology*