The cost of the objective structured clinical examination on an Italian nursing bachelor's degree course

The OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) is considered the most valid and reliable method for assessing the clinical skills of students training for health professions, but its use is limited by the related high costs. We analyzed the cost retrospectively of using an OSCE designed for se...

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Published in:Nurse education today 2012-05, Vol.32 (4), p.422-426
Main Authors: Palese, A., Bulfone, G., Venturato, E., Urli, N., Bulfone, T., Zanini, A., Fabris, S., Tomietto, M., Comisso, I., Tosolini, C., Zuliani, S., Dante, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessment
Clinical Competence
Clinical nursing
College students
Costs
Costs and Cost Analysis
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - economics
Educational evaluation
Educational Measurement - economics
Health professionals
Humans
Italian
Italy
Medical education
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing skills
Nursing students
Objective structured clinical examination
Objective structured clinical examinations
Retrospective Studies
Retrospective study
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Summary:The OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) is considered the most valid and reliable method for assessing the clinical skills of students training for health professions, but its use is limited by the related high costs. We analyzed the cost retrospectively of using an OSCE designed for second-year students (2009) in our degree course, adopting the Reznick et al. guidelines (1993), which recommend assessing both high-end costs and low-end costs. The high-end costs adopting the OSCE amounted to €145.23 per student, while the low-end costs were €31.51 per student. Considering the economic crisis and the cost-containment measures applied also in nursing education, strategies for further reducing costs are discussed.
ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2011.03.003