title: OSCE vs. TEM: Different Approaches to Assess Clinical Skills of Nursing Students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nurses are trained with specific clinical skills, and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) could be a better approach to assess clinical skills of nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comparative study was conducted by observational checklist regarding antenatal care and opinionnaire on the usefulness of OSCE and tradition evaluation method (TEM) was used to assess the clinical skills and to get opinion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean score of OSCE was more than TEM and the difference was statistically significant (P< 0.001). The opinion of students regarding the usefulness of OSCE was higher than TEM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study concluded that implementing OSCE will overweigh the advantages of the TEM.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Science, Raipur, Chattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Prasuna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jelly
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Science, Raipur, Chattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Clinical skills; India; OSCE; nursing students; traditional examination method