Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of the check lists structured clinical examination (OSCE) for the 6th Year students of the Faculty of Medicine of the “Universidad Nacional de Trujillo” in 2011, in evaluating clinical performance of surgical skills of students. Methods: The research was carried out using check lists comparisons of the ten stations of the OSCE in different rotations. The stations used in general surgery patient simulator. In neurosurgery station used a plate computed tomography (CT) and the second used the Glasgow coma scale. In urology station used a patient simulator for renal colic and the second a model for Foley catheter placement. In ophthalmology, a station used a red-eye image and the second patient simulator study of fundus; Otolaryngology, a station used a CT simulator and the second patient assessment hearing test with fork. Results: We ...