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[Application of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for pediatric internship assessment in two schools
Ximena Triviño1, Alicia Vásquez, Andrea Mena
1Departamento de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. xtrivino@med.puc.cl
Background:
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has become a respected and widely used tool for the assessment of clinical competence in medical education.
Aim:
To describe the first experience of an OSCE as a summative assessment in undergraduate Pediatric Internship, in two universities.
Material And Methods:
The OSCE was structured by a committee of faculty members of the 5 campi of University of Chile and I campus of the Catholic University. A 21 station OSCE was administered simultaneously to 124 Pediatric Interns (University of Chile = 104, Catholic University = 20), in 3 centers. A total of 50 faculty members participated in the examination. The OSCE consisted of 20 clinical problems, including videotape recordings, photographs, x-rays and laboratory exams, phantoms and 7 simulated standardized parents.
Results:
The average total OSCE score was 67.3% (range: 84.5%-43.5%). The maximum theoretic score was achieved in 19 stations. A significant correlation between station and total score, was found for 18 of the 20 clinical problems.
Conclusions:
The experience of using OSCE has been a success. The OSCE was an adequate procedure to assess a large number of interns simultaneously and it allowed us to measure the main objectives in all domains and a wide range of clinical competence of Pediatric Internship Programs.
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