title: How do examiners and examinees think about role-playing of standardized patients in an OSCE setting?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The use of standardized patients in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations in the assessment of psychiatric residents has increased in recent years. The aim of this study is to investigate the experience of psychiatry residents and examiners with standardized patients in Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Final-year residents in psychiatry participated in this study. Experienced examiners were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning the ability of standardized patients to realistically portray psychiatric patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Standardized patients can convincingly portray psychiatric disorders and act according to the requested complex scenarios.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to these findings, the authors recommend the use of standardized patients in OSCEs for psychiatric board certification exams.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Roozbeh Hospital, South Tehran 13334, Iran. sadeghmj@sina.tums.ac.ir
authors: Majid
authors: M
authors: Sadeghi
authors: Arsia
authors: A
authors: Taghva
authors: Gholamreza
authors: G
authors: Mirsepassi
authors: Mehdi
authors: M
authors: Hassanzadeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002568:Certification; D003479:Curriculum; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D016544:Patient Simulation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012381:Role Playing; D013044:Specialty Boards