Objective structured teaching examination (OSTE): an underused tool developed to assess clinical teaching skills. A narrative review of the literature

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: There are plenty of options for evaluating medical students and medical residents’ clinical skills. Objective structured clinical evaluations (OSCEs) have emerged as a powerful and reliable tool for assessing multiple cognition domains of clinical expertise. In the same way as OSCEs have emerged to assess clinical skills, objective structured teaching evaluations (OSTEs) have come to light as promising and unbiased interventions for evaluating the act of clinical teaching. DESIGN AND SETTING: Narrative review developed at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil. ...