Abstract: Objective To identify the correlation of medical residency evaluations and Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) scores. Methods In 2015, 53 participants for standardized medical residency training at Peking Union Medical College Hospital were included. Before entering the program, every participant took a multi-station OSCE. Each month during training, they were given a comprehensive assessment from their supervisors. An annual score was calculated at the end of the first year. The correlation between two abovementioned scores was examined. Results Participants with longer medical education tended to score higher in OSCE. The correlation coefficient between OSCE and annual evaluation score is 0.68(P＜0.01), showing high correlation. In each station, the correlation coefficient between the annual evaluation score and that of computer-based examination, history taking, medical record writing was greater than 0.4. Conclusions OSCE before entering training may predict performance during the residency training thus can be used as an important indicator for residents' stratification and multilevel training.

Key words: objective structured clinical examination, evaluation, correlation, prediction