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Application of OSCE for Stage Assessment in Standardized Training for Oral Residents
Author(s) -
Nie Rongrong,
Zhu Feng,
Meng Xiangfeng,
Zhang Hai,
Xie Sijing,
Wu Li,
Yang Jie,
Sun Weibin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.21815/jde.018.099
Subject(s) - objective structured clinical examination , cronbach's alpha , test (biology) , competency assessment , reliability (semiconductor) , medical education , protocol (science) , educational measurement , psychology , medicine , medical physics , psychometrics , clinical psychology , curriculum , alternative medicine , pedagogy , pathology , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
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.