Evaluation of the Implementation of Objective Structural Clinical Examination (OSCE) in the Faculty of Medicine - A Literature Review

Q: What is the OSCE and what does it evaluate?

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) evaluates clinical competence through a comprehensive, consistent, and structured assessment. It covers areas such as history taking, physical examination, communication, professionalism, technical skills, problem-solving, decision-making, and time management.

Q: Why do students often feel anxious about OSCE?

The document explains that OSCE is an exam format students are afraid of, which can cause sleep disturbances and anxiety. It also cites findings linking stress levels with insomnia symptoms in medical students facing OSCE.

Q: Why is coordination important in OSCE implementation?

OSCE implementation involves many personnel, so good coordination is needed to create a conducive exam situation. The review also notes that OSCE requires appropriate settings and resources to provide tools and materials.

Sep 20, 2026

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Medical educators always seek the best approaches for formative and summative student evaluations. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assesses clinical competence in a comprehensive, consistent, and structured way while emphasizing objectivity. OSCE skills include history taking, physical examination, communication, professionalism, technical skills, problem-solving, decision-making, and time management. Despite its value, students often fear OSCE, leading to sleep disturbances and anxiety. The implementation requires many personnel, so strong coordination is essential to create a conducive exam environment.

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REVIEW Bali Medical Journal (Bali MedJ) 2023, Volume 12, Number 1: 1163-1166 P-ISSN.2089-1180, E-ISSN: 2302-2914 Evaluation of the Implementation of Objective Structural Clinical Examination (OSCE) in the Faculty of Medicine: a Literature Review 1Medical and Health Education, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Udayana, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia 2Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Udayana, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia *Corresponding to: Ida Bagus Amertha Putra Manuaba; Medical and Health Education, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Udayana, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia; [amertha_manuaba@unud.ac.id](amertha_manuaba@unud.ac.id) Received: 2023-02-02 Accepted: 2023-03-20 Published: 2023-04-01 Ida Bagus Amertha Putra Manuaba1*, Made Violin WedaYani2 ABSTRACT Medical educators always want the best method for conducting formative and summative student evaluations. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is an assessment that evaluates aspects of clinical competence in a comprehensive, consistent and structured manner with due observance of objectivity. Clinical skills assessment in OSCE includes history taking, physical examination, communication skills, professionalism, technical skills, problem-solving, decision-making, and time management. However, OSCE is currently one of the exams that students are afraid of, causing sleep disturbancesand anxiety. In addition, OSCE involves many personnel in its implementation, so good coordination is needed to create a conducive exam situation. Therefore, evaluation is very important to measure student competency or capability, determine goals that have been and have not been achieved, and get feedback to improve OSCE implementation in the future. Keywords: Evaluation, Feedback, Medical student, Objective Structural Clinical Examination (OSCE) . Cite This Article: Manuaba, Amertha, I.B.P., Yani, M.V.W. 2023. Evaluation of the Implementation of Objective Structural Clinical Examination (OSCE) in the Faculty of Medicine: a Literature Review. Bali Medical Journal 12(1): 1163-1166. DOI: 10.15562/bmj.v12i1.4383 INTRODUCTION Medical students are synonymous with many difficult exams.1 The types of exams administered at every tertiary institution in Indonesia are also different. Generally, exams for medical students consist of exams such as the Computer Based Test (CBT), Student Project exams, Elective Study exams, and the Objective Structural Clinical Examination (OSCE) which are practical exams for medical education students. The OSCE exam is one of the evaluation techniques that evaluate medical skills to prepare students to provide services in society.2 The OSCE has been used for formative and summative evaluation of medical and postgraduate students worldwide. Using OSCE for formative assessment has great potential because medical students can gain insight into the elements that improve clinical competence and feedback on personal strengths and weaknesses.3 Evaluation of learning outcomes is an act or process to determine the value and quality of education to demonstrate learners’ competence.4 In general, OSCE has the advantage of building the confidence of examinees and evaluating their clinical abilities in different cases and a short duration of time. Meanwhile, the weaknesses are that it requires setting the appropriate place, involves a lot of personnel and costs money to provide inspection tools and materials.5,6 The aspects tested in the OSCE exam include cognitive, psychomotor, and professional behavior.7,8 Based on previous research, most medical education students gave positive views about various aspects of OSCE implementation. However, students also expressed anxiety and sleep disturbances due to preparation for the OSCE exam. Based on previous research on the relationship between stress levels and insomnia symptoms in medical students at the University of Tanjungpura who will face the OSCE exam, a significance value (p <0.001) and a correlation

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What is the OSCE and what does it evaluate?

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) evaluates clinical competence through a comprehensive, consistent, and structured assessment. It covers areas such as history taking, physical examination, communication, professionalism, technical skills, problem-solving, decision-making, and time management.

Why do students often feel anxious about OSCE?

The document explains that OSCE is an exam format students are afraid of, which can cause sleep disturbances and anxiety. It also cites findings linking stress levels with insomnia symptoms in medical students facing OSCE.

Why is coordination important in OSCE implementation?

OSCE implementation involves many personnel, so good coordination is needed to create a conducive exam situation. The review also notes that OSCE requires appropriate settings and resources to provide tools and materials.

Sep 20, 2026

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