Method
88 final year medical students participated in the study prior and after their 9-week Internal medicine clerkship. On the first day and on their last day of clerkship, they were assessed in three different clinical skills – history taking, venipuncture and rectal examination. Clinical skills were performed on artificial simulators (model of an arm and a prostate and rectal examination simulator). Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was used to evaluate students. Assessors used a prepared checklist for each clinical skill.