Can standardized patients replace physicians as OSCE examiners?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To reduce inter-rater variability in evaluations and the demand on physician time, standardized patients (SP) are being used as examiners in OSCEs. There is concern that SP have insufficient training to provide valid evaluation of st...

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Main Authors: Jones Allan, Gregor Laura, McLaughlin Kevin, Coderre Sylvain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/6/12