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. Students do a brief history of present illness for each case and then focused physical examinations of relevant organ systems.
Students do one brief case presentation.
The OSCE concentrates on history taking, interviewing style and physical examination technique. Two waves of nine students each can be examined during each exam date. Students rotate through each of the nine stations at 12-minute intervals. There is a staggered start so that each student begins the OSCE at a history station. PA announcements keep students moving at the appropriate times and inform students, patients and raters when to begin and end.