Does [ Clinical examination have impact on general well-being ]?
We found that OSCE made the students feel significantly better while examiners/examination supervisors felt only slightly worse. The effects of OSCE on examiners/examination supervisors have not been studied previously. There are most likely multiple factors to explain our findings in the present study.
Although alternative explanations such as supraspinal effects cannot be ruled out completely, the findings of this study are most likely explained by a specific presynaptic effect of propofol. Strong evidence form neurophysiologic studies indicates that this effect is mediated by the GABA type A receptors.