Table 2. Descriptive data of the included studies.
| Measure | Authors (Year) | Setting* | Study sample* | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPSCALE | Silverman et al. (2011) | summative OSCE with UMS during final MB examinations at University of Cambridge | n = 124** | UK |
| EPSCALE | Edgcumbe et al. (2012) | summative OSCE with UMS during final MB examinations at University of Cambridge | n = 124** | UK |
| MCS-OSCE | Fischbeck et al. (2011)* | formative and summative OSCE with UMS attending a Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology course at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | sample 1: n = 182, 61% f, mage = 22 ys; sample 2: n = 181, 66% f, mage = 22 ys | Germany |
| CCAT | Harasym et al. (2008) | summative OSCE with UMS during clinical clerkship at University of Calgary | n = 190 | Canada |
| AG-OSCE-R | Hodges & McIlroy (2003) | formative OSCE with UMS during clinical clerkship in 3rd or 4th study year at University of Toronto | n = 57 | Canada |
| AG-OSCE-R | Scheffer et al. (2008) | formative OSCE with UMS in 2nd or 3rd study year at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin | n = 113, 65% f, mage = 23 ys (SDage = 4) | Germany |
| AG-OSCE-R | Mortsiefer et al. (2014) | summative OSCE with UMS in 4th study year at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf | n = 453 | Germany |
| LCSAS | Humphris & Kaney (2001)* | summative OSCE with UMS in 1st or 2nd study year at University of Liverpool | sample 1: n = 600; sample 2: n = 60; sample 3: n = 80 | UK |
| LUCAS | Huntley et al. (2012)* | formative and summative OSCE with UMS in 1st study year at University of Liverpool | sample 1: n = 731, 53.7% f, mage = 19 ys (SDage = 1.61); sample 2: n = 40 | UK |
| LIDM-RS | Thistlethwaite (2002) | summative OSCE with UMS in 3rd study year at University of Leeds | n = 194 | UK |
| CG | Lang et al. (2004)* | formative OSCE with UMS of two cohorts at East Tennessee State University and Tulane University | sample 1: n = 50; sample 2: n = 50 | USA |
| CG | Van Nuland et al. (2012) | summative OSCE with UMS in their final undergraduate year at Catholic University of Leuven | n = 63 | Belgium |
*some studies were conducted in more than one setting and/or used more than one sample,
**Silverman et al. (2011) and Edgcumbe et al. (2012) used the same study sample, UMS = undergraduate medical students, MB = Medicinae Baccalaureus,
f = female, ys = years, m = mean, SD = standard deviation. Full titles of the rating scales: Explanation and Planning Scale (EPSCALE), Mayence Communication Skills OSCE (MCS-OSCE), Calgary-Cambridge Assessment Tool (CCAT), Analytic Global OSCE Rating (AG-OSCE-R), Liverpool Communication Skills Assessment Scale (LCSAS), Liverpool Undergraduate Communication Assessment Scale (LUCAS), Leeds Informed Decision Making Rating Scale (LIDM-RS), Common Ground (CG).