OSCEs – Current Trends and Future Opportunities
Past Webinars
April 25, 2026
Speaker, Presenter ~
Elizabeth Krajic Kachur, PhD, FAMEE
Presenter ~
Elizabeth Krajic Kachur, PhD, FAMEE
Dr. Kachur is a medical educator with many years of experience in the field. This includes extensive work on clinical skills assessments which are work- and simulation-based, formative and summative. After employment at Albert Einstein Medical School, Interfaith Medical Center and New York Medical College she established an independent consultant practice. Since then, she worked with many institutions and organizations in the US and around the globe focusing on curriculum and faculty development, learner assessment and program evaluation. Her experience spans the continuum of medical education. Dr. Kachur has published extensively and is co-editor on a book on developing and implementing OSCEs (currently in its second edition). She has also given numerous workshops and presentations on performance-based assessments and other related topics, locally, nationally and internationally
Here are some Objectives:
By the end of the webinar participants should be able to
- Describe global efforts to integrate OSCEs in health professions education as assessment and training tool (e.g., licensing programs, programmatic assessments).
- Explore the use of technology for enhancing OSCE development and implementation (e.g., AI use for scoring, immersion to enhance fidelity and transfer)
- Discuss the impact of education sciences and best practices on OSCE creation (e.g., pre-/debrief practices and psychological safety, cognitive load theory).
- Envision potential directions for own educational practices.
Past Webinars and Workshops
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