Accuracy of portrayal by standardized patients: Results from four OSCE stations conducted for high stakes examinations

Table 5 Case D - portrayal of case across all tracks

Questions	Track 1		Track 2		Track 3		Track 4		P-value
	N = 6		N = 6		N = 6		N = 6		P-value
	Yes	Yes/but	Yes	Yes/but	Yes	Yes/but	Yes	Yes/but
SP effectively portrayed the concerns regarding her menstrual cycle	4	0	6	0	6	0	6	0	1.0
SP’s tone of voice was appropriate for a young girl wishing to get pills	6	0	6	0	6	0	6	0	1.0
SP effectively discussed her concerns about her mother finding out that she is in a relationship	1	2*	2	2*	0	0*	0	0*	0.046
SP’s facial expressions were appropriate for responding to the questions family and social relationships	1	2*	2	2*	0	0*	0	0*	0.687
SP effectively portrayed her relationship with the boy friend	1	2*	2	2*	0	0*	0	0*	0.538
SP had appropriate expressions while asking for pills at 7 minutes	3	1	6	0	6	0	5	0*	0.283
SP’s tone of voice was appropriate when asking about the confidentiality of her discussion with the physician	4	0	3	1*	6	0	5	0*	0.328
Accuracy (7 items X 6 cases = 42)	20	7	27	7	24	0	22	0	0.04**
Overall (yes plus yes/but)	48%		64%		57%	0	52%	0%
	17%		17%		57%		52%
	64%		81%

*SP did not portray appropriately.
**The comparison was between accurate portrayal and not done as there were 0 values for all “overall yes/but”.

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