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Abstract
Background: Observation, rating, and grading are parts of the routine of the faculty when in contact with medical students. Most interestingly, there is a dearth of proper instructions on rater training for objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) in medical education literature.
Aims: We assembled 12 tips for implementing a structured rater training program. To highlight these tips, we provided examples of our implementation of rater training for an OSCE in 2009.
Methods: We developed a tailored rater training program by compiling information from medical education and other related research disciplines.
Results: The structured rater training at hand proved feasible, and the acceptance rate of this training by examiners was high.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Prof. Siegfried Meryn and Prof. Martin Lischka for reviewing and commenting on the paper.
Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.