title: Reviewing the nursing students' views toward OSCE test.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the essential components of learning and educational program is evaluation or examination. There are various methods for evaluating clinical skills among which objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) has been recognized as the most reliable method for evaluation of the clinical skills.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a one-step single-group descriptive study which was conducted through a researcher-made questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that the view of most of the students in OSCE test has been good in terms of equipment and facilities with relative frequency of 59.2 percent, conditions of holding the examination with relative frequency of 50.9% and total test with relative frequency of 55.1%; in terms of physical environment, students' view was moderate with relative frequency of 469%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study showed that appropriateness of physical environment and equipment and facilities to hold OSCE can directly be involved in enhancing the quality of this test.
authors: Department of Fundamental Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Seyyed Abbas
authors: SA
authors: Hosseini
authors: Nahideh
authors: N
authors: Fatehi
authors: Jalil
authors: J
authors: Eslamian
authors: Mehrangiz
authors: M
authors: Zamani
keywords: Evaluation; education; nursing students