Students rotate through nine stations at 12-minute intervals. Standardized patients are trained to give feedback at all stations except the chest pain presentation station. In order to achieve uniform application of rating criteria, it is necessary for all faculty raters to attend a training session to go over specific performance standards. The make-up date for the exam is June 22, 2000. Students are assigned one date and time for the exam and will be given station checklists, exam policies, instructions for what equipment to bring, attire requirements and location of the exam.
Students receive immediate feedback at each exam station regarding their performance.
In addition, approximately two weeks later, students receive a written numerical report. For each station, the report includes their score, the range of scores for the entire class, and the maximum possible score. Students must make up each station they do not pass and until they pass. The Exam Students must perform the items on the station checklists from memory. Each case consists of three stations.