RT - Journal Article T1 - Attitude of Psychiatric Professors and Residents towards Performance of Standardized Patients in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Psychiatry JF - ijpcp YR - 2007 JO - ijpcp VO - 13 IS - 1 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-137-en.html SP - 25 EP - 28 K1 - Standardized patients K1 - Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) K1 - psychiatric evaluation AB -  Objectives: The increasing use of standardized patients in the psy-chiatric Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) promoted the investigators to explore the viewpoints of examining professors and participating psychiatric residents towards the performance of the standardized patients. Method: In an OSCE, 22 of the final year psychiatric residents and 16 examiners participated in our study. Performance of the 8 standardized patients in all 8 stations was evaluated after the test. Results: This study showed acceptable and appropriate performance of standardized patients both in acting according to and in actualizing the scenarios. Conclusion: Use of standardized patients in psychiatric OSCE is recommended by the examining professors and also residents.  LA eng UL http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-137-en.html M3 ER -