Abstract:
Students' perspective about OSPE was assessed in 2012. They responded on pre- examination arrangement, time allocation, number of stations;
content, process, process explanation, quality of questions, marks allocation, faculty behavior, overall atmosphere and comments about OSPE experience
and its comparison to conventional pattern. Student`s responses were graded as good (combining agree and strongly agree), poor (combining disagree
and strongly disagree) or neutral. Of 102 students, ninety students (88%) responded to questionnaire at the end of all four examinations. 87.65%
students found pre-examination arrangement good while 86.5% were happy with explanation of procedure. 89% felt faculty behavior satisfactory,
82.5% considered OSPE process smooth, 86% expressed satisfaction with quality of questions, 79.5% considered number of stations adequate, 86.75%
believed time adequate, 87% concluded that content was adequately covered. 86.87% considered atmosphere conducive and 81.25% considered marks
justified. Students' overwhelmingly found OSPE in Pharmacology an effective method of assessment.
