scholarly journals Comparing Students’ Self-Assessment with Teachers’ Assessment of Clinical Skills Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Author(s):  
Zvonka Fekonja ◽  
Jasmina Nerat ◽  
Vida Gönc ◽  
Milena Pišlar ◽  
Margaret Denny ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Sadhana Raina

Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) have become established as reliable, valid and objective methods of assessing practical and clinical skills in dental schools. This study explored the perceptions of dental undergraduates regarding OSCE. After a clinical course in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, 32 Final year dental students were assessed summatively, using OSCE. The students were informed beforehand about the assessment formats. The self-assessed clinical competence, study time and strategies (i.e. practice with a manikin, peers and patient case) were evaluated by means of a questionnaire. After a comprehensive dental care course, all 32 students were assessed by OSCE, in which Five stations were included ‘Cavity Preparation’, ‘Base application’ ‘Restoration’, &; educating patients; and; Post-Operative Instructions; Each Student was evaluated separately in each Station with predetermined structured questions. Data was collected and send for statistical analysis. The results were obtained using SPSS-17 and comparison done with Conventional Exam. Implementation of an OSCE in undergraduate Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics Curriculum helps in greater achievement of specific clinical competence and greater level of realistic self-assessment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Jenny Novina Sitepu

Backgroud: Clinical skills is one of competency as a doctor. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is an ideal way to assess clinical skills for undergraduated, graduated, and postdraduated clinical students. The low score in some OSCE station can be an input for teaching and curriculum improvement. This study aim to analyzed student competency achievement in first term in 2017/2018 academic year in  Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas HKBP Nommensen. Methods: This study was qualitative study with descriptive design. The sample was OSCE score in first term in 2017/2018 academic year. Student achievement was the mean score of every student in all station in OSCE. Competency achievement was the mean of students score for every competency in OSCE. Next, the stations was categorized in practice/ procedure skills station and clinical reasoning skills station. Skills achievement was got form the mean of score (in percent) of procedure skills and clinical reasoning station. Indept interview with students and lectures was held to knowed their perception about OSCE. Results: Students’ achievement in OSCE of first term academic year 2017/2018 was 62.4% for 2015’s students, and 64.6% for 2016’ students. The lowest competency achievement of 2015’s students was diagnosis and differential diagnosis. For the 2016’s students, it was farmacology treatment. Practice/ procedure skills achievement in OSCE of first term academic year 2017/2018 was 61.34% (2015’s students) and 74.4% (2016’s students). The clinical reasoning skills achievement was 62.80% (2015’s students), and 58.77% (2016’s students). Based on indept interview, the things that make student’s achievement low were the clinical reasoning ability of students was still low, the standard patient that involved in OSCE didn’t acted properly, the students’ knowledge about medicine and prescription was poor, and there were lot of learning schedules and learning subjects that students must did and learned. Conclusions:  Students’ achievement in OSCE of first term academic year 2017/2018 is need to  be improved.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Moreira Ribeiro ◽  
Alcindo Antônio Ferla ◽  
Juleimar Soares Coelho de Amorim

Abstract Introduction: Problems related to the clinical abilities of physiotherapy students are not always identified throughout the educational process and might only be observed when these future professionals have to treat patients. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) includes a problematization approach and can be used in Health Sciences teaching to help this identification before internship practices. However, there are few studies on its use in Physiotherapy. Objective: To gather evidence of the OSCE use to evaluate clinical abilities in Physiotherapy teaching. Method: Articles published from 2000 to 2016 were surveyed in the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) (Virtual Health Library), Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde (BIREME) (Latin-American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information Center), PubMed, Scielo and Web of Science, using the descriptors “educational assessment”, “assessment methods”, “objective structured clinical examination”, “clinical competence”, “professional competence”, “clinical skills”, “student competence”, “student skills”, “physiotherapy” and the Booleans “OR” and “AND”. Results: The initial number of identified publications was 3,242. From these, seven were included in this review. Two studies were developed in Brazil, four in Australia and one in Canada. The studies were scored 7 to 12 regarding methodologic quality, and 1B and 2B regarding scientific evidence. Conclusion: Students’ clinical abilities were grouped into three classes: cognitive, psychomotor and affective, and four studies described their use. There is very little evidence of the use of OSCE, but the instrument can be applied to evaluate skills and competences in Physiotherapy teaching.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Khadiga M. Said ◽  
Safaa F. Draz

Context: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) method is an effective tool for evaluating the clinical nursing skills of nursing students. OSCE is an assessment technique in which the student demonstrates their competence under a variety of simulated conditions Aim: This study aimed to compare objective structured clinical examinations versus traditional clinical examination on pediatric nursing students' performance. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design (study and control group) was used to conduct this study. The study was conducted in the laboratory of pediatric nursing skills at the faculty of nursing, Benha University. All male and female pediatric nursing students in the 3rd year (n. =228), who were studying in the academic year 2018-2019, first semester, faculty of nursing, Benha University, was recruited. A simple random sample chose to achieve the aim of this study. The odd number was for the OSCE group and the even number for the traditional clinical examination (TCE) group. Four tools were utilized to collect data for the current study. A Structured Questionnaire Sheet, A modified Self-administered Questionnaire, Pediatric Nursing Students' Practice Observational Checklists, and Clinical Scenarios were designed to assess the pediatric nursing student OSCE exam and compare between the traditional method and OSCE method of exams. Results: The current study discovered statistically significant differences were found with a high percentage of agreement responses among pediatric nursing students for related items of OSCE method compared to those in TCE. Additionally, the results clarify a highly statistically significant difference between the studied pediatric nursing students' in TCE and OSCE total performance scores. Conclusion: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was opinioned as a tool for clinical evaluation. This finding appeared in pediatric nursing students' responses, which confirmed their acceptance of OSCE. The OSCE subsequently remains a more objective method of assessment than the traditional clinical forms of the exam that was previously used. OSCE can be used most effectively in undergraduate nursing curricula to assess fair practice. This type of exam provided an accurate measure of clinical skill competencies. Therefore, OSCE should be adopted as a strategy for examining clinical skills for students in all academic years. The current study recommended that Objective Structured Clinical Examination can be used as effective and meaningful assistance to fitness for practice, and OSCE should be adopted as a strategy for examining clinical skills for students in all academic years.


2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 578-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margery H. Davis ◽  
Gominda G. Ponnamperuma ◽  
Sean McAleer ◽  
Vicki H.M. Dale

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Rano Mal Piryani ◽  
Suneel Piryani ◽  
Nitasha Sharma

Background and Objectives: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is one of the assessment tools used to assess the clinical skills. Health Professions Training Committee (HPTC), Universal College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Bhairahawa, Nepal organized 2-days Training Workshop on OSCE in Feb 13-14, 2020 for dental faculty. The objective of this study was to assess the feedback of the participants of training workshop on OSCE and their self-reported confidence using retro-pre-questionnaire. Material and methods: The feedback was taken on the pretested semi-structured questionnaire comprised of four parts: A. Demographic Information, B. Overall feedback on the training workshop- (closed-ended questions), C. Feedback on specific sessions conducted in the training workshop on retro-pre-questionnaire and D. Feedback on good points/strengths of the raining workshop and areas for improvement- (open-ended questions). Analysis was done with SPSS-21. Results: The rating of the participants on training workshop for usefulness, course content of training, relevance of session & content, facilitation and overall was notable. Participants’ self-reported confidence remarkably enhanced after participation in the training workshop(before vs after)on all four skills; develop blueprint for the assessment (1.33±0.5 vs 3.33±0.50), develop blueprint and test map for OSCE (1.22±0.44 vs 3.11±0.33), develop OSCE station (33±0.70 vs 3.67±0.50) and conduct OSCE examination (1.22±0.67 vs 3.33±0.50). Participants stated “the training workshop was interactive and participatory” and suggested to include more dental related tasks in training. Conclusion: Overall the feedback of the participants was positive and noteworthy. Participants’ self-reported confidence remarkably enhanced after participation in the training workshop.


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