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A health-care licensure examination should focus not only on the acquisition of medical knowledge but also on the application of such knowledge. Clinical skills examinations should evaluate performance in an authentic setting. Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a well-established high-stakes clinical skills assessment used in medical licensure examinations. COVID-19 has presented challenges to both clinical education and performance examinations. In January 2021, the United States Medical Licensing Examination announced the termination of the Step 2 Clinical Skills examination. To maintain social distancing for epidemic prevention, remote OSCE with standardized patients and virtual patients has been introduced. The COVID-19 crisis and the digital revolution have hastened the development of disruptive innovations and brought new opportunities for improvement; remote clinical skills examinations are one such development.