Students' performance in the different clinical skills assessed in OSCE: what does it reveal?

The purpose of this study was to compare students' performance in the different clinical skills (CSs) assessed in the objective structured clinical examination. Data for this study were obtained from final year medical students' exit examination (n=185). Retrospective analysis of data was...

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Published in:Medical education online 2015-01, Vol.20 (1), p.26185-26185
Main Authors: Sim, Joong Hiong, Aziz, Yang Faridah Abdul, Mansor, Azura, Vijayananthan, Anushya, Foong, Chan Choong, Vadivelu, Jamuna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Competence
clinical skills
Communication
Core competencies
Education
Education, Medical - methods
Educational Measurement - methods
Humans
Medicine
OSCE
Otolaryngology
Physical therapy
Physician's Role
Psychology of learning
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
student performance
Students, Medical
Surgery
Teaching
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to compare students' performance in the different clinical skills (CSs) assessed in the objective structured clinical examination. Data for this study were obtained from final year medical students' exit examination (n=185). Retrospective analysis of data was conducted using SPSS. Means for the six CSs assessed across the 16 stations were computed and compared. Means for history taking, physical examination, communication skills, clinical reasoning skills (CRSs), procedural skills (PSs), and professionalism were 6.25±1.29, 6.39±1.36, 6.34±0.98, 5.86±0.99, 6.59±1.08, and 6.28±1.02, respectively. Repeated measures ANOVA showed there was a significant difference in the means of the six CSs assessed [F(2.980, 548.332)=20.253, p
ISSN:1087-2981
1087-2981
DOI:10.3402/meo.v20.26185