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How Do Examiners and Examinees Think About Role-Playing of Standardized Patients in an OSCE Setting?

Received July 1, 2006; revised February 5, 2007; accepted March 22, 2007. Dr. Sadeghi is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Iran. Dr. Taghva is affiliated with the Medical University of the Military, 506 Military Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Dr. Mirsepassi is affiliated with the Iranian Psychiatric Association, Tehran, Iran. Dr. Hassanzadeh is affiliated with the Psychiatric Institute of Iran, Mental Health Research Center, Tehran, Iran. Address correspondence to Dr. Sadeghi, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Roozbeh Hospital, South Tehran 13334, Iran; sadeghmj{at}sina.tums.ac.ir (e-mail).

OBJECTIVE: The use of standardized patients in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations in the assessment of psychiatric residents has increased in recent years. The aim of this study is to investigate the experience of psychiatry residents and examiners with standardized patients in Iran. METHOD: Final-year residents in psychiatry participated in this study. Experienced examiners were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning the ability of standardized patients to realistically portray psychiatric patients. RESULTS: Standardized patients can convincingly portray psychiatric disorders and act according to the requested complex scenarios. CONCLUSIONS: According to these findings, the authors recommend the use of standardized patients in OSCEs for psychiatric board certification exams.

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