Perspectives, benefits and challenges of a live OSCE during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-sectional study.

An in-person OSCE, even in the midst of a global pandemic, is feasible and acceptable to both students and faculty. When compared the students' results to previous students' results who completed the OSCE before the pandemic, the results indicated that students felt less prepared than under non-pandemic circumstances; however, their performances on this OSCE were not lower.