Our OSCE Masterclass has been specially designed for health professions educators who want to acquire a thorough grounding in the theory, design, delivery and quality assurance of OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations). It is relevant for undergraduate and postgraduate situations.


The tutors have extensive experience in the design and quality assurance of OSCEs in medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine and nursing.


Aim: to gain a comprehensive and contemporary understanding of OSCEs and develop a sound set of skills in design, delivery and quality assurance of OSCEs


Objectives: participants will

  1. Gain a foundation of knowledge and skills relating to best practice in OSCEs
  2. Develop specific OSCE-related skills​
    1. Blueprinting an OSCE
    2. Constructing an OSCE
    3. Designing an OSCE station
    4. Piloting OSCE stations Examiner training/calibration
    5. Practical considerations of OSCE delivery
    6. Quality assurance: post test analyses and score reporting

This Masterclass is an intensive course, delivered online over 6 weeks, with each module lasting 1 week.


The design of the Masterclass follows a timeline of the ‘lifecycle’ of an OSCE, with modules in each section focusing on particular aspects of each stage

  1. Planning an OSCE
  2. Delivering the OSCE
  3. After the OSCE