Large-scale multi-site OSCEs for national competency examination of medical doctors in Indonesia.

Background: Implementing large-scale multi-site objective structured clinical examination (OSCEs) for national competency examination in a low resource country is challenging.

Aims: To describe the first national OSCE for national competency examination of medical doctors in Indonesia and evaluate the reliability, validity, feasibility, acceptability, and educational impact.

Methods: We collected electronically the OSCE scores from 49 out of 73 medical schools that participated to assess reliability and validity.