The Definitive Guide to the OSCE
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination as a performance assessment.
- 1st Edition - June 15, 2015
- Authors: Ronald M. Harden, Pat Lilley, Madalena Patricio
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 5 5 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 5 4 9 - 2
This book highlights the basic concepts underpinning the OSCE, its development and implementation in practice. Practical guidelines and tips are provided based on the authors’ ex… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis book highlights the basic concepts underpinning the OSCE, its development and implementation in practice. Practical guidelines and tips are provided based on the authors’ extensive experience gained over 40 years. Case studies are included to illustrate the OSCE’s use in a wide range of settings and professions to assess the expected learning outcomes. The text is supplemented with personal accounts and anecdotes.
Used globally in all phases of education in the different healthcare professions, the OSCE was first described by the lead author, Harden, in 1975 and it is now the gold standard for performance assessment.
"This book is an invaluable addition. It pulls together in one place pretty well everything that is known about the OSCE; what works and what doesn’t. It is a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any educational leader." Geoff Norman’s Foreword
An introduction to the Objective Structured Clinical Examination
- What is an OSCE?
- The inside story of the development of the OSCE
- The OSCE as the gold standard for performance assessment
- How the OSCE can contribute to the education programme
- What is assessed in an OSCE?
Implementation of an OSCE
Some final thoughts
Examples of the use of the OSCE in different settings and contexts: case studies
- No. of pages: 384
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 15, 2015
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702055508
- eBook ISBN: 9780702055492
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Ronald M. Harden
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