Perceptions of the introduction of objective structured practical examination (OSPE)/objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): A pilot study carried out in Government Medical College, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India

Introduction: Lactose Intolerance is a condition in which a child has symptoms due to the decreased ability to digest lactose. It is due to the lack of enzyme lactase in the small intestines to break lactose down into glucose and galactose. Materials & Methods: This study was carried out in children admitted in paediatric wards. 214 children ranged between ages of 6 months to 5 years of both sex and varying grades of malnutrition were studied. This study was conducted at Government Medical College (RIMS), Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Results:In our study, maximum number of cases was between age group 2-3 years. In our study, out of 214 cases, 139 were found to have Lactose Malabsorption and out of 139, 65 were found between 2-3 years of age. Keywords: Lactose Intolerance, Kadapa, Malnutrition, Lactose

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An Audit of the Medical Students’ Perceptions regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Education Research International ◽

10.1155/2016/4806398 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-4 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Abidullah Khan ◽

Maimoona Ayub ◽

Zakir Shah

Keyword(s):

Clinical Examination ◽

Clinical Competence ◽

Objective Structured Clinical Examination ◽

Study Group ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Content Quality ◽

Medical College ◽

Similar Survey ◽

Examination Methods

Objective. To record the perceptions of the final year MBBS students of Khyber Medical College (KMC) Peshawar regarding Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) conducted in the year 2016.Materials and Methods. This study was conducted in April 2016 which is in fact a reaudit of our similar survey done back in 2015. A total of 250 final year MBBS students participated by filling in a validated and pretested questionnaire already used by Russel et al. and Khan et al. in similar but separate studies including questions regarding exam content, quality of performance, OSCE validity and reliability, and so forth. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.Results. The study group comprised 160 (64%) males and 90 (36%) females. 220 (88%) stated that exam was fair and comprehensive; 94% believed OSCE was more stressful and mentally tougher. 96% of the students considered OSCE as valid and reliable and 87% were happy with its use in clinical competence assessment.Conclusion. Majority of students declared their final year OSCE as fair, comprehensive, standardized, less biased, and reliable format of examination but believed it was more stressful and mentally tougher than traditional examination methods.

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Study of Thyroid Function in Patients of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, Who Were Suffering from Various Depressive Disorders

Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences ◽

10.14260/jemds/2021/609 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (35) ◽

pp. 2980-2984

Author(s):

Silla Vijaya Bhaskara Gupta ◽

M. Padma Geetanjali ◽

Ladi Bharati Kumari Devi

Keyword(s):

Depressive Disorder ◽

Thyroid Function ◽

Andhra Pradesh ◽

Depressive Disorders ◽

Overt Hypothyroidism ◽

Government Medical College ◽

Medical College ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Thyroid Hormone Levels ◽

Serum Tsh

BACKGROUND Thyroid disorder patients are more prone to develop depressive symptoms. Depression is also associated with various thyroid abnormalities.1 Slight change in thyroid hormone levels show symptoms of depression, anxiety, increasing fatigability and psychomotor slowing. The depressive symptoms are more in elderly patients with rapid changes in thyroid hormone levels.1 In depressive disorder patients, 1 % to 4 % have primary (Overt Hypothyroidism) and 4 % to 40 % have subclinical Hypothyroidism.2 Overt thyroid dysfunction is usually mild. Thyroid abnormality is not a causal factor, it is mainly a risk factor for depression.2 We intended to study the thyroid function in various depressive disorder patients of Srikakulam district at Government medical college & General hospital Srikakulam. Srikakulam district has been chosen for this study for its backwardness in the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. The objectives were to find out thyroid function levels like serum TSH, T3 and T4 in various depressive disorder patients and compare with the severity of clinical score, analyse and correlate with various depressive disorder patients of different age and sex groups, locality (both rural and urban areas). METHODS This observational study of thyroid function was conducted among 61 various depressive disorder patients of both males and females of 21 to 60 years age group who attended OPD and IPD of Psychiatry, Government medical college and general hospital, Srikakulam. We analysed and correlated serum TSH, T3 & T4 levels with various depressive disorders. RESULTS It was observed that subclinical hypothyroidism had a clinical severity of 16.39 %, overt hypothyroidism was 1.63 %, secondary hyperthyroidism was 1.63 % and euthyroidism was 80.33 % of various depressive disorders and was more common in females than in males and equal in distribution in both the rural and urban population. CONCLUSIONS Hypothyroidism was found to have been associated with various depressive disorders, cognitive function and psychosis among female patients and hyperthyroidism was associated with psychosis, anxiety, depression and cognitive impairment. KEY WORDS Depression, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Euthyroidism

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Conducting Integrated Objective Structured Clinical Examination: Experiences at KIST Medical College, Nepal

Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences ◽

10.4103/2321-4848.123042 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 166

Author(s):

RanoMal Piryani ◽

RaviP Shankar ◽

Suneel Piryani ◽

TrilokPati Thapa ◽

Balmansingh Karki ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Clinical Examination ◽

Objective Structured Clinical Examination ◽

Medical College

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OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED PRACTICAL EXAMINATION ON DISCIPLINE “UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE” AS TOOL TO ASSESS COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCIES OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SDTUDENTS

Актуальні проблеми сучасної медицини Вісник Української медичної стоматологічної академії ◽

10.31718/2077-1096.20.2.227 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 227-232

Author(s):

M. Zhovnir

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Health Care ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Health Care System ◽

Clinical Examination ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Public Intellectual ◽

Objective Structured Clinical Examination ◽

Practical Examination ◽

Care System

High quality higher education is a solid basis of individual and public intellectual property. It is also an integrated part of standard of living and citizens’ welfare. Finally, the mission of higher education is to offer competitive priority to its receivers now and in the future. So, we need to pay our attention on the quality of education. This article focuses on the evaluation of language and communicative competencies of future health care professionals. Health care system is of exceptional importance because the existence and further development of the state institution as a whole is impossible without the full and harmonious functioning of the health care system. The author highlights approaches to monitor students’ knowledge and speaking skills as well as behaviour, attitude. Applying Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) at a medical university, especially at the non-clinical departments has been proven as an effective tool to assess these abilities, describes the design, preparation and procedure of this examination. Some themes within the scope of the material checked («At the hospital admission office. Primary patient assessment. General complaints of the patient»», III year, medical faculty) have been presented and analyzed in details in the context of this examination. Experimental Stations of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination on the discipline «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language» is one of the modern way to evaluate how effectively medical students can communicate and apply language knowledge when simulating commonly encountered scenarios at medical settings. Moreover, the Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) can be used for checking of students’ communicative skills. Thus, there are some differences between the Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). The study has been presented within the anthropocentric scientific paradigm. The methodology included descriptive analytical methods, general linguistic methods, modern methods of comparison, discourse analysis.

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