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OSCE as a Summative Assessment Tool for Undergraduate Students of Surgery—Our Experience

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Traditional examination has inherent deficiencies. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is considered as a method of assessment that may overcome many such deficits. OSCE is being increasingly used worldwide in various medical specialities for formative and summative assessment. Although it is being used in various disciplines in our country as well, its use in the stream of general surgery is scarce. We report our experience of assessment of undergraduate students appearing in their pre-professional examination in the subject of general surgery by conducting OSCE. In our experience, OSCE was considered a better assessment tool as compared to the traditional method of examination by both faculty and students and is acceptable to students and faculty alike. Conducting OSCE is feasible for assessment of students of general surgery.

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  1. Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    M. K. Joshi, A. K. Srivastava, P. Ranjan, M. Singhal, A. Dhar, S. Chumber, R. Parshad & V. Seenu

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Joshi, M.K., Srivastava, A.K., Ranjan, P. et al. OSCE as a Summative Assessment Tool for Undergraduate Students of Surgery—Our Experience. Indian J Surg 79, 534–538 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-016-1521-y

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