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How Do Examiners and Examinees Think About Role-Playing of Standardized Patients in an OSCE Setting?

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Abstract

Objective

The use of standardized patients in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations in the assessment of psychiatric residents has increased in recent years. The aim of this study is to investigate the experience of psychiatry residents and examiners with standardized patients in Iran.

Method

Final-year residents in psychiatry participated in this study. Experienced examiners were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning the ability of standardized patients to realistically portray psychiatric patients.

Results

Standardized patients can convincingly portray psychiatric disorders and act according to the requested complex scenarios.

Conclusions

According to these findings, the authors recommend the use of standardized patients in OSCEs for psychiatric board certification exams.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Roozbeh Hospital, South Tehran, 13334, Iran

    Majid Sadeghi M.D.

  2. 506 Military Hospital, Medical University of the Military, Tehran, Iran

    Arsia Taghva M.D.

  3. Iranian Psychiatric Association, Tehran, Iran

    Gholamreza Mirsepassi M.D.

  4. Mental Health Research Center, Psychiatric Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

    Mehdi Hassanzadeh M.D.

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Sadeghi, M., Taghva, A., Mirsepassi, G. et al. How Do Examiners and Examinees Think About Role-Playing of Standardized Patients in an OSCE Setting?. Acad Psychiatry 31, 358–362 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.31.5.358

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