Analysis on the clinical competence of eight-year program medical students

Objective To understand the situation and characteristic of medical students'clinical competence,and provide some guidance for the teaching reform.Methods The scores of objective structured clinical examination(OSCE) of the eight-year program medical students were analyzed.Results The mean score of the OSCE was 86.45,ranging from 70.36 to 94.07.The score of history taking (including communication),physical examination,and clinical operation was the highest,following by auxiliary examination and clinical thinking.The score of history taking was higher than that of communication skill.The excellence rate was varying among the five classes.Conclusions The students generally mastered the clinical competence,which is essential to the graduate students.Anyway,there still are some areas in need of improvement. Key words: Medical student;  Clinical competence;  Objective structured clinical examination;  Examination analysis