Money makes the (medical assessment) world go round: The cost of components of a summative final year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

摘要

Introduction: The widely used Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is undoubtedly expensive. Cost-effectiveness is one of the components of the assessment utility index defining its usefulness. Our current financial climate demands increased transparency in the costs associated with medical education and it is now vital to ascertain how much is spent on assessments, such as the OSCE, and in particular costs associated with the different types of stations within the OSCE.