The Surgical Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Literature Review

Key Points

• Objective structured clinical examination effectively assesses surgical skills in educational settings, emphasizing practical applicability.
• Key findings reveal multiple studies endorse the benefits of standardized assessments for improving clinical proficiency, suggesting a new direction in surgical training.
• Literature analyzed consists of various perspectives on performance metrics and evaluation tools applicable to surgical training.
• Results indicate significant implications for refining clinical skills assessment, with future improvements anticipated in surgical education.