Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Psychiatry 1735-4587 9 2 2014 06 15 110 4 Ali Nazeri Astaneh Department of Psychiatry, University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Arash Mirabzadeh Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Masood Karimloo University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Omid Rezaei Department of Psychiatry, University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Farbod Fadai Department of Psychiatry, University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Neda Alibeigi University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Robabeh Mazinani Department of Psychiatry, University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Mercedeh Samiei Department of Psychiatry, University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Khodaei Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 10 14 Objective: In the present study, we investigated the attitude of psychiatrists who graduated in 2002-2009 towards Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and conventional clinical interview examination (Individual Patient Assessment). Method: We studied 134 psychiatrists graduated; half of whom were examined with conventional clinical interview and the others with OSCE. A questionnaire was prepared by a specialist workgroup to assess the participants’ attitude towards the exams. The questionnaire was initially examined in a pilot study. The findings of the questionnaire were used to assess the graduates’ attitude towards each examination, as well as to compare the examinations. Results: The OSCE group indicated a significantly more positive attitude compared to the conventional group (p = 0.03). Furthermore, the OSCE group believed the role of theoretical knowledge (p = 0.01) and pre-test practice (p = 0.03) to be significantly greater for success compared to the other group. The structure of OSCE wa  reported to be superior to conventional examination in terms of fairness and homogeneity (p = 0.004). First participation in exam (p = 0.04) and ultimate success in the exam (p = 0.009) were predictors of graduates’ attitude. Conclusion: Based on examinees ’attitudes, OSCE may be a more appropriate choice for graduation examinations of psychiatry compared to the conventional clinical interview examination. https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/106 https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/download/106/102