A qualitative Study of Psychiatrists’ View about a Pilot Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Iran

Maryam Rasoulian; Arsia Taghva; Laily Panaghi; Mansour Salehi; Alireza Zahiraldin; Mir Farhad Ghalebandi

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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A qualitative Study of Psychiatrists’ View about a Pilot Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Iran

Author(s):

Maryam Rasoulian^1,*,

Arsia Taghva²,

Laily Panaghi³,

Mansour Salehi⁴,

Alireza Zahiraldin⁵,

Mir Farhad Ghalebandi ⁴

1Tehran Institue of Psychiatry. Mental Health Research Center, Tehran, Iran, +98-2166509024

2Army University of Medical Science, Iran

3Community Medicine Specialist Family Research Institute Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

4Tehran Institue of Psychiatry. Mental Health Research Center, Tehran, Iran

5Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:Vol. 1, issue 1; 27-9

Published online:Jan 06, 2007

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 28, 2006

Accepted:Dec 14, 2006

How to Cite:Maryam RasoulianArsia TaghvaLaily PanaghiMansour SalehiAlireza ZahiraldinMir Farhad Ghalebandi et al.A qualitative Study of Psychiatrists’ View about a Pilot Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Iran.Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci.1(1):27-9.

Abstract

Objective: In Aug 2004, for the first time, a psychiatric OSCE was piloted in Iran. The objective of current study was to explore the view and opinion of both candidates and examiners after they took part in the exam

Method: Two focus groups were formed. There were 10 participants in each group. Each group was asked to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the OSCE. The discussion was tape recorded and then converted into a script before being analyzed.

Results: Standard format of the exam and its unbiased evaluation of candidates abilities were reported as the most significant advantages of OSCE. However, participants criticized the artificiality of the setting and use of simulated patients.

Conclusion: Although expensive and time consuming to organize, OSCE was viewed as a standard and fair method of assessing candidates skills. To overcome the artificiality of the setting, participants asked for a better training of the actors and actresses.

Keywords

Iran

Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Psychiatry

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