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Table 3 Characteristics of OSCE

From: Examining the educational impact of the mini-CEX: a randomised controlled study

Station

Topic

Skills assessed

Total score possible

Examiner 1 mean raw score (SD)

Examiner 2 mean raw score (SD)

Cronbach’s alpha if item deleteda

1

Febrile neutropenia

H, CR

30

18.9 (2.5)

18.0 (2.4)

0.64

2

Ruptured AAA

PE, CR

22

20.4 (2.7)

20.5 (2.9)

0.64

3

Transient ischaemic attack

PE, CR

32

24.0 (3.2)

24.2 (2.6)

0.65

4

Tachycardia-induced myopathy

H, CR

30

14.1 (1.8)

14.1 (1.8)

0.67

5

Pulmonary embolism

H, CR

32

17.6 (2.7)

17.2 (3.2)

0.63

6

Osteoarthritis of the hip

PE, CR

32

20.9 (4.1)

22.4 (3.3)

0.68

      

Cronbach’s alphaa

Total

  

178

115.8 (10.9)

116.4 (9.9)

0.69

  1. AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm, H history taking, PE physical examination, CR clinical reasoning
  2. aCronbach’s alpha calculation based on the mean of the two examiner scores