Objective-structured clinical and practical examinations are structured clinical and practical exams that are used to evaluate the clinical skills of students of physical therapy. The purpose of the study is to review the literature regarding the application of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination and Objective Structured Practical Examination used in assessing physical therapy students in higher education institutions, and to review if theses examination tools were valid, reliable, and objective tools to evaluate clinical skills for students of physical therapy. In this paper, a literature search was done to extract relevant publications from the following databases: Google Scholar, Cochrane, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and the Egyptian Knowledge Bank. All papers were included if they were written in English and related to physical therapy education. The review found that Objective Structured Clinical Examinations and Objective Structured Practical Examinations were used in assessing physical therapy students in higher education institutions, and it was found that they are valid, reliable, and objective tools to evaluate clinical skills for students of physical therapy. Also, it was found that it improves satisfaction and decreases stress levels among students and examiners. In conclusion we recommended the Objective-structured clinical examinations and objective-structured practical examinations should be included in all examination procedures when assessing the clinical and psychomotor skills of students of physical therapy.