Objective structured clinical examination for the evaluation of medical students

Background: Objective Sr,structured clinical examination hers advantages ov er traditional oral examination of medical student. However, it is not rout inely used Chilo. Aim: To describe the objective student. However it is not routinely the results of its first use with Chilean medical students. Mate rial and methods: Thirteen interns ware evaluated at the end of their surgi cal rotation, using the objective structured clinical examination. Thirteen stations were structured for this examination: one for history taking, two for physical examination, four for problem solving and knowledge, one for history radiological interpretation, one for instrumental recognition, one for skill and one for text comprehension. There were a total of 88 question s. Results: All students exceeded 60% of requirements. Mean approval score was 73%. The higher score was 80% and the lower 61%. Ten students had a sco re over 70%. The method was well accepted by teachers and students. Conclus ions: This first local experience with the objective structured clinical ex amination was successful.