Twelve tips for designing and implementing a structured rater training in OSCEs.

BACKGROUND: Observation, rating, and grading are parts of the routine of the faculty when in contact with medical students. Most interestingly, there is a dearth of proper instructions on rater training for objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) in medical education literature. AIMS: We assembled 12 tips for implementing a structured rater training program. To highlight these tips, we provided examples of our implementation of rater training for an OSCE in 2009. METHODS: We developed a tailored rater training program by compiling information from medical education and other related research disciplines. RESULTS: The structured rater training at hand proved feasible, and the acceptance rate of this training by examiners was high.