@ARTICLE{Taghva, author = {Taghva, Arsia and Mir-sepassi, Gholam Reza and Sadeghi, Majid and Panaghi, Leili and Ghalebandi, Mirfarhad and }, title = {Are Standardized Patients Able to Rate Performance of Psychiatric Residents in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination?}, volume = {13}, number = {1}, abstract ={ Objectives: This study aims to compare viewpoints of standardized patients (SPs) and consultant psychiatrists about the performance of volunteer residents in the first Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Iran. Method: OSCE was hold with 9 stations and 8 SPs, in one day with attendance of 22 senior psychiatric residents. In each station two raters independently scored the residents based on a previously prepared checklist. SPs were three females and five males with the mean age of 27 years. In the end, viewpoints of consultant psychi-atrists and SPs on the performance of residents were compared. Results: Beside three stations, no significant correlation between SPs’ and consultants’ opinions could be found in other stations.  SPs in the stations with significant correlation had higher level of educa-tion especially in the psychiatry-relevant fields. Conclusion: Despite capabilities of the SPs, it is probably not reason- able to rely on their opinion as raters unless they have higher level of education. }, URL = {http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-138-en.html}, eprint = {http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-138-en.pdf}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology}, doi = {}, year = {2007} }