Theme
OSCE and Standard Setting
Category
OSCE
INSTITUTION
Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital; Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Failure to design a skill assessment tool is a missed opportunity to more fully understand and apply the results to the clinical performance of medical students.
To develop an OSCE station to assess critical condition evaluation skills of medical students in applying evidence and appropriate treatment options with a simulated patient. To assess the result using discrimination and reliability comparison of standardized and simulated patient stations.
OSCE performance scores of 58 seven-year medical students at the University of Tzu-Chi School of Medicine were analyzed from April 10 to 11, 2011 using descriptive statistics and item discrimination. Through a consensus process, 13 OSCE cases were identified for evaluation.
The OSCE is an important tool for clinical competence evaluation that will soon grant access to the national medical practitioner license test for medical students worldwide. How to elevate OSCE quality and assess student ability, such as actual management of an emergency condition patient, is currently a critical issue.
This research study was initiated and co-ordinated by the Tzu-Chi Simulation Interest Group(TSIG). A apecial thanks to all instructables staff members, feature team members, volunteers, and members!
The discrimination statistics indicate that the only critical scenario station prepared with a high-fidelity simulator was effective in distinguishing between medical students.
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