Since 1988 in Quebec the completion of a residency training program in family medicine or
a specialty and of a comprehensive examination has been necessary to obtain a licence. An …

OBJECTIVE: To assess content validity of the objective structured clinical examination
(OSCE), which uses multiple encounters with standardized patients and which is included in …

Method The OSCE was developed to measure the clinical skills necessary to practice as an
independent family physician. The clinical cases were prepared by an examination …

Abstract The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) administers a qualifying examination for the
issuance of a license to practice medicine. To date, this examination does not test the …

The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) administers an examination to qualify physicians to
practice medicine in Canada. In the past, this examination was exclusively paper-and-pencil …

Background A new licensing examination for family physicians was introduced in the
Province of Quebec, Canada, in 1990. It contains a newly developed, standardized, patient …

Many general practitioners are very much awareof the need for a more realistic method of
assessing the skills and abilities of doctors. The Royal College of General Practitioners …

Introduction: The main aim of medical education is to foster the development of clinical
competence in students at all levels. Differences in experiences, methods of instruction and …

Background The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a multiple station
examination where examinees are expected to demonstrate mastery of a competency within …

Background: Bridging the theory of psychometric assessment to an evaluation instrument is
a challenging and continuous task. Such a task was completed for the SP-based OSCE …