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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Rural Health Workforce Development

Background:

  • Longitudinal rural medical programs aim to increase the rural medical workforce.
  • Limited evidence exists on Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) performance variations among medical students in different geographic training locations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate potential variations in OSCE performance among medical students across different training sites within the Flinders University Doctor of Medicine Programme.
  • To compare overall, discipline-level, and domain-level OSCE performance between metropolitan and rural training locations.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of OSCE data from third-year graduate entry medical students in 2024.
  • Quantitative comparison of performance metrics between students from Metropolitan South Australia, Rural South Australia, and the Flinders Northern Territory (NT) Medical Programme.

Main Results:

  • Overall OSCE performance did not significantly differ between metropolitan and rural training locations.
  • Students from rural training locations exhibited significantly better communication skills (84% vs. 67%, p < 0.001) compared to metropolitan students.
  • Significant variations in performance were observed across different disciplines (Medicine, Acute Care, Primary Care) between training locations (p < 0.001).

Conclusions:

  • Extended rural training does not negatively impact overall OSCE performance compared to metropolitan training.
  • Rural medical students show enhanced communication skills in OSCEs, suggesting specific benefits of rural immersion.
  • Further research is needed to understand how diverse training exposures influence OSCE outcomes and inform curriculum development.