Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology

fa نگرش دستیاران روانپزشکی ایران پیرامون آزمون ساختاریافته عینی- بالینی روانپزشکی Attitude of Iranian Psychiatry Residents toward Psychiatric Objective Structured Clinical Examination پژوهشي اصيل Original Research <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">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. <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Method: Forty psychiatry residents from all universities in <country-region><place>Iran</place></country-region> who were selected on a stratified sampling method participated in the third comprehensive pilot OSCE in <country-region><place>Iran</place></country-region>. After the exam, viewpoints were canvassed using a questionnaire and also face to face interview. Data were then analyzed using descriptive statistical methods. <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">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. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-bidi-font-family: 'B Lotus'">Conclusion: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-bidi-font-family: 'B Lotus'">The oral or practical board examination can be replaced by OSCE. آزمون ساختاریافته عینی- بالینی (OSCE)، دستیاران روانپزشکی، نگرش، ایران Objective-Structured Clinical Examination (OSEC), psychiatry residents, Attitude, Iran 34 40 http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-139&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mehran Zarghami مهران ضرغامی E-mail: mehran_zarghami@yahoo.com 18003194753284600518 18003194753284600518 Yes Fatemeh Sheykh Mounesi فاطمه شیخ مونسی 18003194753284600519 18003194753284600519 No Arsia Taghva ارسیا تقوا 18003194753284600520 18003194753284600520 No Alireza Khalilian علیرضا خلیلیان 18003194753284600521 18003194753284600521 No