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Table 1.

Description of the OSCE stations and their reliability (number of participants=130)

Station Description	Type of Station	Cronbach's alpha	P value	r	P value
History taking	H/C	0.91	<0.001^*	0.47	<0.001^*
Psychiatric interview	H/C	0.82	<0.001^*	0.33	<0.001^*
Management of preterm rupture of membranes	P/PS	0.88	<0.001^*	0.60	<0.001^*
Neurologic examination	P	0.89	<0.001^*	0.51	<0.001^*
Ophthalmologic examination	P/PS	0.83	<0.001^*	0.31	<0.001^*
Chest x-ray findings in mitral stenosis	PS	0.75	<0.001^*	0.45	<0.001^*
Treatment and prognosis of Kerion	P/PS	0.82	<0.001^*	0.53	<0.001^*
Evaluation of child growth curve	PS	0.75	<0.001^*	0.34	<0.001^*
Arterial blood gas sampling	S	0.82	<0.001^*	0.26	0.002^*
Stitching	S	0.80	<0.001^*	0.52	<0.001^*
Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation	S	0.88	<0.001^*	0.52	<0.001^*
Orthopedic procedure of splinting	S	0.85	<0.001^*	0.57	<0.001^*

H, History taking; C, Communication skills; P, Physical examination; PS, Problem solving; S, Skill; r, item-total test score correlation.

Significant.