title: [The Use of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Paediatric residents in the City of Buenos Aires].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is considered the reference standard for competence evaluation, but its use in Latin America is limited. The City of Buenos Aires Government (CBAG) administers a Paediatric residency system that includes 400 residents distributed in 13 hospitals, sharing an admission system and education program. We aim to describe the experience of administering an OSCE for evaluating all the Paediatric residents of the CBAG.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study, including all paediatric residents of the CBAG, belonging to 13 hospitals (2 paediatric and 11 general), ending their first year of training. The OSCE included 10 stations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-five residents participated in the OSCE, and 88.2% (95% CI 79.7-93.5) passed the examination. There were no significant differences in the pass rate between residents from paediatric hospitals and from general hospitals (89.5 vs. 85.7%; OR=1.4; 95% CI 0.4-5.5; P=.8).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In 2015, the OSCE was administered to all paediatric residents of the CBAG for the first time. This experience allowed identifying weaknesses in the education system, in order to develop strategies to overcome them.
authors.affiliation: Docencia e Investigación, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Magalí
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamui
authors.affiliation: Docencia e Investigación, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Docencia e Investigación, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Agustina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paganini
authors.affiliation: Docencia e Investigación, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Docencia e Investigación, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: María Fabiana
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ossorio
authors.affiliation: Dirección General de Docencia e Investigación, Ministerio de Salud, Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yulitta
authors.affiliation: Dirección General de Docencia e Investigación, Ministerio de Salud, Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eiguchi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: fferrero@intramed.net.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrero
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*
keywords: Competencia profesional; ECOE; Educación de posgrado en medicina; Evaluación; Evaluation; OSCE; Post-graduate medical education; Professional competence