Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013
Background & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Science...
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| description | Background & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran about objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in surgery during the years 20092013 Methods: This was a descriptiveanalytic study A researchermade questionnaire was distributed among the students immediately after the final OSCE of the surgery course and their perception about the different aspects of this examination was assessed in the form of 5point Likert scales Data analysis was performed by Stata SE software All values of P were considered significance if P < 005 Results: In 164 medical students who filled out the questionnaires the frequency of satisfaction of students were: 46% with the examination location 358% with the type of questions at each station 397% with fairness and rationality of questions and 294% with suitability of time allocated to stations 354% with standardized patients (SP) 478% with supervisors 623% anxiety effect and 353% overall satisfaction with the examination was reported at high or very high level Overall satisfaction of students had a significant relationship with anxiety examination location type and fairness of the questions time allocated to stations functions of SPs and supervisors (P < 005) Conclusion: Overall these students perceived the OSCE as a suitable method to assess their clinical skills Surgery is an important and critical course in the training of medical students and accurate evaluation of clinical competences of trainees in this course should be performed with appropriate examinations like OSCE Therefore continuous quality improvement of these exams effective feedback to the students and implementation of educational workshops for them during the course can be useful |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32b4cd7122d34710aed2aba426df93a72022-12-21T18:13:41ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesStrides in Development of Medical Education2645-34522645-34522014-11-0111336036690342Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013Novin Nikbakhsh0Simin Mouodi1Subspecialist in Thoracic Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IranMD.MPH. Clinical Skills Division, Medical Education Development Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IranBackground & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran about objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in surgery during the years 20092013 Methods: This was a descriptiveanalytic study A researchermade questionnaire was distributed among the students immediately after the final OSCE of the surgery course and their perception about the different aspects of this examination was assessed in the form of 5point Likert scales Data analysis was performed by Stata SE software All values of P were considered significance if P < 005 Results: In 164 medical students who filled out the questionnaires the frequency of satisfaction of students were: 46% with the examination location 358% with the type of questions at each station 397% with fairness and rationality of questions and 294% with suitability of time allocated to stations 354% with standardized patients (SP) 478% with supervisors 623% anxiety effect and 353% overall satisfaction with the examination was reported at high or very high level Overall satisfaction of students had a significant relationship with anxiety examination location type and fairness of the questions time allocated to stations functions of SPs and supervisors (P < 005) Conclusion: Overall these students perceived the OSCE as a suitable method to assess their clinical skills Surgery is an important and critical course in the training of medical students and accurate evaluation of clinical competences of trainees in this course should be performed with appropriate examinations like OSCE Therefore continuous quality improvement of these exams effective feedback to the students and implementation of educational workshops for them during the course can be usefulhttp://sdme.kmu.ac.ir/article_90342_9c262164b65b1a6b504d24f69a537860.pdfobjective structured clinical examination (osce)medical studentperception |
| spellingShingle | Novin Nikbakhsh Simin Mouodi Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013 Strides in Development of Medical Education objective structured clinical examination (osce) medical student perception |
| title | Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013 |
| title_full | Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013 |
| title_fullStr | Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013 |
| title_short | Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20092013 |
| title_sort | medical interns perception of the objective structured clinical examination of surgery courses in babol university of medical sciences iran in 20092013 |
| topic | objective structured clinical examination (osce) medical student perception |
| url | http://sdme.kmu.ac.ir/article_90342_9c262164b65b1a6b504d24f69a537860.pdf |
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