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Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) have been used in the assessment of dental undergraduates at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London since 1993. Trends observed included, that the same staff tended to produce and run OSCE stations, new staff were not becoming involved in the process and some stations still had insufficient focus on clinical skills. An activity-based staff development day was held to address these issues. The day was intended to generate stations for use in the forthcoming OSCEs and to enable teaching staff to develop a more informed and critical approach to setting and using OSCEs. Group leaders were appointed and each group met beforehand to generate ideas and develop a station. The day consisted of several activities, including setting-up, running, and evaluating the prepared stations. Facilitators aided the work of each group, and station setters, standardised patients, candidates, and examiners contributed to evaluating stations. Feedback from participants on their learning experience and on the organisation of the day was generally positive. Ten stations were generated for use in the forthcoming OSCEs. |
