Between Challenge and Achievement: First-Batch Students Share Their Impressions of the OSCE in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Surgery
▪️ From the anxiety of the OSCE to the threshold of graduation… Sheikan medical students: “Excellent organization and fair assessment.”
▪️ They also praised the thoughtful gesture extended by students of North Kordofan College.
Report: College Media Office
In an academic atmosphere characterized by organization and discipline, the first-batch students of the fifth level of the Medicine and Surgery Program at Sheikan College sat for their final clinical practical examination using the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) format in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery.
The students described the experience as a unique one, combining the challenge and anxiety of the examination with appreciation for the arrangements and the professional manner in which the examiners interacted with them.
Between the apprehension of the examination and the joy of achievement, the students successfully completed the final clinical practical OSCE, with all its challenges and details.
Student Reham Khalid said that the examination proceeded smoothly, praising the college administration and the external examiner. She noted that holding the examination within the college gave students a greater sense of reassurance compared with the atmosphere of a hospital.
Student Abdelhai Mohamed Ahmed pointed out that the examination placed greater emphasis on history taking and clinical examination, expressing his hope that more space would be allocated to practical skills and hands-on application. At the same time, he emphasized that conducting the examination inside the college was an important addition and an experience worthy of being replicated.
Student Ahmed Al-Siddiq Ahmed Abdullah praised the college's preparedness and the coordination of its staff, appreciating the efforts made to provide a suitable environment for the students and to receive examiners who had travelled from outside the state.
For his part, student Al-Hamim Hassanein Ahmed Issa described the examination as good, praising the organization, the clarity of the questions, and the examiners' professional conduct. Student Ishraq Omar Ahmed Omar acknowledged that some stations were challenging and that there was considera