TY - JOUR T1 - Attitude of Iranian Psychiatry Residents toward Psychiatric Objective Structured Clinical Examination TT - نگرش دستیاران روانپزشکی ایران پیرامون آزمون ساختاریافته عینی- بالینی روانپزشکی JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 13 IS - 1 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-139-en.html Y1 - 2007 SP - 34 EP - 40 KW - Objective-Structured Clinical Examination (OSEC) KW - psychiatry residents KW - Attitude KW - Iran N2 -  Objectives: Few reports are available regarding the use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for the evaluation of psy-chiatry residents. Assessing their attitudes towards this method of testing has been the aim of this study. Method: Forty psychiatry residents from all universities in Iran who were selected on a stratified sampling method participated in the third comprehensive pilot OSCE in Iran. After the exam, viewpoints were canvassed using a questionnaire and also face to face interview. Data were then analyzed using descriptive statistical methods. Results: Ninety percent of residents believed that the simulations and scenarios were quite realistic and 97.5% considered the scenarios reflective of clinical situations they usually experience. Most of the residents believed also such an examination could discriminate com-petent and incompetent residents successfully. Eighty percent of the residents believed that OSCE is superior than the oral board examina-tion and 87.5% felt they would like the experience to be a formative part of their residency training. Conclusion: The oral or practical board examination can be replaced by OSCE. M3 ER -