Difference in Physiotherapy Students' Training and Objective Structured Clinical Exam Performance Before and During
Gregory F Spadoni1, Sarah Wojkowski1, Paul W Stratford1
1From the: McMaster University, School of Rehabilitation Science, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Purpose:
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and station examinations, in general, have been widely utilized in health professional programmes to evaluate students' clinical performance prior to advancing to a clinical placement. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted student preparation and implementation of our programme's OSCEs. The impact on changes in student OSCE performance due COVID-19 has not been well studied. This non-concurrent cohort study evaluated the difference before and during COVID-19 pandemic on Year 1 physiotherapy students' performances on an in-person OSCE by estimating the mean difference in cohort OSCE scores and safety occurrences.
Methods:
Two cohorts of MSc (PT) students were compared: Cohort A (not impacted by COVID-19) and Cohort B (impacted by COVID-19). Cohort scores were summarized as means and 95% CIs.
Results:
Overall OSCE scores for Cohort A and B were 77.9 and 81.9, respectively ( = 4.0, 95% CI: 2.1, 5.8). Cohort B students were approximately 4 times more likely to demonstrate safety occurrences.
Conclusion:
The impact of COVID-19 did not adversely affect total OSCE scores; however, it did increase safety infractions.
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