Objective Structured Clinical Examination and its Impact on Clinical and Interpersonal Skills: Follow-up Study
Manoj Kumar Sharma1, Prabha S Chandra, S K Chaturvedi
1Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Background:
Objective structured clinical examination is being used for assessing the clinical skills as well as their knowledge for various skills.
Aim:
The present work assess the role of exposure to objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) based skills in enhancement of clinical and interpersonal skills at 1 year interval among mental health trainees.
Materials And Methods:
Fifty five mental health trainees got exposure to weekly OSCE training on various aspects of clinical work. They were contacted through E mail at 1 year interval for their feedback about the OSCE.
Results:
27 trainees responded to the mail. 74% of them attributed the change in clinical and interpersonal areas to being a role player in the OSCE and 24% preferred to be observer. They observed changes in their communication, ability to empathize, reflection of feelings, clinical and interpersonal skills.
Conclusions:
OSCE leads to change in their clinical, interpersonal skills and communication.
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