Open AccessComparison of Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) Versus Conventional Pathology Practical Examination Methods Among the Second-Year Medical Students—a Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Hari Prasad,
Hari Prasad,
K Sajitha,
Shubha P. Bhat,
K Jayaprakash Shetty
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-020-01025-9
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , physical examination , medicine , medical education , medical physics , family medicine , psychology , pathology , radiology
The medical education in India is moving towards competency-based medical education (CBME) with many cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to be taught and assessed in the various subjects of the undergraduate medical curriculum. In the Pathology subject, psychomotor skills such as haemoglobin estimation, blood grouping, urine examination, liver function test/cerebrospinal fluid interpretation, histopathology and haematology slide interpretation are taught and assessed for many years. Skill assessment by the conventional method, which is followed since many years, is subjective in nature and lack of scope for direct observation of the performance of skills. Objective structured practical examination (OSPE) is one of the methods to minimize the variations in subjectivity, thus enhancing the objectivity. Due to a technicality and labour intensity, it is implemented only in a few medical colleges and universities across India. Because of CBME curriculum on the roll, the assessment of practical skills in medical education needs to be shifted from conventional subjective methods to more objective OSPE methods.