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Rongrong Nie1, Feng Zhu1, Xiangfeng Meng1
1Rongrong Nie, BDS, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, China; Feng Zhu, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, China; Xiangfeng Meng, BDS, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, China; Hai Zhang, DMD, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Washington; Sijing Xie, BDS, PhD, is Deputy Chief, Department of Teacher Education, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, China; Li Wu, BDS, MS, and Jie Yang, BDS, PhD, are the main examination organizers, Department of Teacher Education, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, China; and Weibin Sun, BDS, PhD, is Professor and Deputy Dean (Teaching), Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, China.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to establish and implement an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for stage assessment in standardized training for oral residents, evaluating its validity and suitability. An OSCE was established for stage assessment of 158 residents in a program in Jiangsu Province, China. Its validity and suitability were evaluated using indices such as reliability and discrimination coefficients of assessment results. The established OSCE had eight stations: interpretation of auxiliary examination results, basic knowledge, doctor-patient communication and clinical examination, clinical case analysis, medical record and prescription writing, public skills, first aid skills, and specialist's operation skills. The mean overall score and consistency coefficient (Cronbach's alpha) for the test subjects were 83.64±3.69 points and 0.732, respectively. The developed OSCE was reasonably established, with credible assessment results, and indices such as mean and discrimination coefficient of test scores from each station were appropriate. Therefore, the proposed protocol was found to be reliable and suitable.
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