title: Twelve tips for designing and implementing a structured rater training in OSCEs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Observation, rating, and grading are parts of the routine of the faculty when in contact with medical students. Most interestingly, there is a dearth of proper instructions on rater training for objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) in medical education literature.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We assembled 12 tips for implementing a structured rater training program. To highlight these tips, we provided examples of our implementation of rater training for an OSCE in 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  We developed a tailored rater training program by compiling information from medical education and other related research disciplines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The structured rater training at hand proved feasible, and the acceptance rate of this training by examiners was high.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education (DEMAW), Medical University of Vienna (MUV), Spitalgasse 23, BT87, A-1097 Wien, Austria. Ingrid.Preusche@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Preusche
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidts
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner-Menghin
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*