Osce

[nimboo]

does anyone know anything about the OSCE exam? I am an m4 and just received my results from the exam I took as a third year. I'm not too sure what the results mean and how they affect me. I did below average on 6 sections.

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[alina_s]

I had to take it at the end of my internal medicine block. My school uses it as part of the rotation grade. I think that we can get our score reports if we have the time to go to the department and happen to find the clerskship coordinator in the office, but I don't think that it matters otherwise. Unless your school puts the score on your transcript or something nutty like that, I don't think it will have any impact at all. Be glad that it's over and that you won't have to take the hateful Step 2 1/2.

 

[nimboo]

I think the clinical skills part of the Step 2 is absolutely absurd. After taking the OSCE I realized that it is really difficult to test somone on their clinical skill. It's akward.
Well, I'll check with my school and see what they have to say.

 

[Digginit]

We had to take 2 OSCEs each year in our 1st and 2nd years as part of our Clinical Medicine classes. I HATE having the camera on me while I do an exam....and I HATE to see the clock ticking.... moving from room to room with 15 minutes to read the chart, gather history, do exam, and write.... On 3rd year rotations, I feel like I do thorough exams with thorough histories.... but even though I've done well on OSCEs so far, I'm different when I'm taking them than I am with actual patients. I don't think they accurately measure what I do with patients. I'm glad, though, to have had plenty of practice with them since we have to take the BS CS exam....