Abstract: Objective：To recruit top students from the medical institutions who completed six year education in a 7-year curriculum system at those schools in 8-year curriculum system at PUMC. Methods：Developing and implementing a 5-stations OSCE in clinical medicine "7 to 8 transferring project" admission examination. Results：Analyzing the test scores showed that, total score of OSCE/medical theory test/communication station shows a near-normal distribute. However history taking/physical examination/English test is not able to distinguish the difference. The correlation coefficient of t of each test station is between 0.048～0.334. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop and implement an OSCE for recruiting top medical students, and OSCE is proved a reliable tool for testing clinical ability.

Key words: OSCE, admission examination, medical education