DESIGNING AND CONDUCTION OSCEs AND SKILLS ASSESSMENT. Developing stations, checklists and rating scales, preparing examiners and improving consistency.

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and clinical skills assessments provide structured opportunities to observe how learners apply knowledge, perform practical skills and communicate in clinical situations. Their quality depends on purposeful station design, clear assessment criteria and well-prepared examiners who apply those criteria consistently. **Designing and Conducting OSCEs and Clinical Skills Assessments** equips healthcare educators, clinical instructors, examiners and assessment coordinators with practical approaches to planning, delivering and reviewing performance-based assessments. The course explores how to develop stations aligned with learning outcomes, including realistic scenarios, candidate instructions, equipment requirements and appropriate timing. Participants will examine how to construct observable checklist items and rating scales with clear performance descriptions, supporting assessment of technical skills, communication, clinical reasoning and professionalism. Particular attention is given to examiner preparation, shared interpretation of assessment criteria and calibration exercises that help reduce variation in scoring. The course also addresses station organisation, simulated patient preparation, fair treatment of candidates and the management of assessment-day challenges. By the end of the course, participants will be better prepared to develop coherent assessment stations, prepare examiners and use assessment evidence to review consistency and identify improvements. The emphasis is on fair, transparent assessment that supports sound decisions about learners’ demonstrated clinical performance.