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Interpersonal and communication skills (ICS) are important core competencies in medical education and certification. In this study, we identified self- and simulated patient (SP)-reported ratings of US first-year medical students' ICS and the influence of age and gender on performance appraisal during the Objective-Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). OSCE participants, including 172 first-year medical students and 15 SPs were asked to evaluate the students' ICS using the American Board of Internal Medicine-Patient-Satisfaction Que