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OSCE
Objective structured clinical examination
An OSCE, or objective structured clinical examination, is an exam made up of timed tasks at a series of stations. It is commonly used in medical schools.
Summary
- Students rotate through the stations in sequence until they have completed every task.
- Each task is timed, usually at five minutes or less.
- Queen Mary uses OSCEs in the first four years of medical school.
Sources
- qmul.ac.ukqmul.ac.uk/…/objective-structured-clinical-examination-osce-
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