Instructions for Actors
OSCE Location:
OSCE Dates:
Please ensure you have completed the following upon registration:
- Reviewed and signed the Consent to Use of Image (optional)
- Obtained a name tag/ID
- Obtain a personalized OSCE schedule
OSCE Procedures
- When you arrive each day, please report to Room # to sign-in and get information of which room you will be in.
- Wait inside the designated room with the OSCE Examiner. There will be a series of bells:
- When the participant can start reading the vignette.
- When the participant needs to stop reading the vignette and enter the room.
- Once the participant enters the room, the OSCE will begin immediately. You will engage in a 15-minutes session with the participant. There will be a bell at the 13-minute mark to signal 2 minutes remaining. There will be a bell at 15-minutes to conclude the session.
- You and OSCE rater will have 5 minutes to give verbal feedback to the participant. There will be another bell to signal the end of the feedback time.
- Your personalized OSCE schedule will outline the dates/times of participants. You are welcome to stay in the OSCE room or take rest in Rm 222 between sessions.
- A lunch is available in Room # during your scheduled lunch break. To maintain the confidentiality and integrity of the research study, please refrain from discussing the OSCEs with other participants.
- Upon completion of all OSCE sessions for the day, please return to Room # to sign-out.
If you have any questions about the procedures or the research study, please connect with
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