‘Having skin in the game’: guiding principles for incorporating moulage into OSCEs

Informed by evidence, and grounded in experience, this article aims to provide practical tips for health profession education faculty on how best to optimise the use of moulage in OSCEs. We will describe the process of designing an OSCE station, with a focus on including moulage. Secondly, we will provide a series of important practice points to use moulage in OSCEs-and encourage readers to integrate them into their day-to-day practice.