Are first year medical students ready for OSCE?
Objective: This study aimed to assess First Year medical students' readiness for OSCE. Design: This is a retrospective study where secondary data comprising both quantitative and qualitative data, were analysed. Materials and Methods: Three cohorts of First Year medical students (n = 454) took...
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| author | Sim, Joong Hiong Vijayananthan, Anushya Abdul Aziz, Yang Faridah Mansor, Azura Ahmad Tajuddin, Nur Amani Idris, Norisma Jaafar, Zulkarnain Omar, Asma |
| author_facet | Sim, Joong Hiong Vijayananthan, Anushya Abdul Aziz, Yang Faridah Mansor, Azura Ahmad Tajuddin, Nur Amani Idris, Norisma Jaafar, Zulkarnain Omar, Asma |
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| description | Objective: This study aimed to assess First Year medical students' readiness for OSCE. Design: This is a retrospective study where secondary data comprising both quantitative and qualitative data, were analysed. Materials and Methods: Three cohorts of First Year medical students (n = 454) took a 5-station OSCE. Two categories of tasks were assessed. Category A assessed patient and doctor interaction while Category B assessed clinical skills. A student must be scored as satisfactory in at least four out of five stations for a pass in Category A and at least three out of five stations for a pass in Category B. A pass in both Categories A and B is required to pass the OSCE. For each cohort, overall passing percentage, as well as passing percentage for Category A and Category B of each station, was computed. Examiners' feedback on students' performance during OSCE for each station was examined. Feedback from students regarding the OSCE was also sought. Results: For Cohort 2013, Cohort 2014 and Cohort 2015, 174/179 (97.21%), 118/129 (91.47%) and 140/147 (95.24%) of students passed the OSCE respectively. Cohort 2013, Cohort 2014 and Cohort 2015 recorded mean percent pass of (95.31%, 88.83%), (89.15%, 83.10%) and (98.36%, 84.52%) for Category A and Category B respectively. Examiners' feedback was generally favourable. Feedback from students was mixed but constructive and generally encouraging. Conclusions: Based on students' performance in the OSCE as well as feedback from both examiners and students, First Year medical students appeared to be ready for OSCE assessment. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-206612019-03-12T02:18:51Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/20661/ Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? Sim, Joong Hiong Vijayananthan, Anushya Abdul Aziz, Yang Faridah Mansor, Azura Ahmad Tajuddin, Nur Amani Idris, Norisma Jaafar, Zulkarnain Omar, Asma R Medicine Objective: This study aimed to assess First Year medical students' readiness for OSCE. Design: This is a retrospective study where secondary data comprising both quantitative and qualitative data, were analysed. Materials and Methods: Three cohorts of First Year medical students (n = 454) took a 5-station OSCE. Two categories of tasks were assessed. Category A assessed patient and doctor interaction while Category B assessed clinical skills. A student must be scored as satisfactory in at least four out of five stations for a pass in Category A and at least three out of five stations for a pass in Category B. A pass in both Categories A and B is required to pass the OSCE. For each cohort, overall passing percentage, as well as passing percentage for Category A and Category B of each station, was computed. Examiners' feedback on students' performance during OSCE for each station was examined. Feedback from students regarding the OSCE was also sought. Results: For Cohort 2013, Cohort 2014 and Cohort 2015, 174/179 (97.21%), 118/129 (91.47%) and 140/147 (95.24%) of students passed the OSCE respectively. Cohort 2013, Cohort 2014 and Cohort 2015 recorded mean percent pass of (95.31%, 88.83%), (89.15%, 83.10%) and (98.36%, 84.52%) for Category A and Category B respectively. Examiners' feedback was generally favourable. Feedback from students was mixed but constructive and generally encouraging. Conclusions: Based on students' performance in the OSCE as well as feedback from both examiners and students, First Year medical students appeared to be ready for OSCE assessment. Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation 2018 Article PeerReviewed Sim, Joong Hiong and Vijayananthan, Anushya and Abdul Aziz, Yang Faridah and Mansor, Azura and Ahmad Tajuddin, Nur Amani and Idris, Norisma and Jaafar, Zulkarnain and Omar, Asma (2018) Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? International Medical Journal, 25 (6). pp. 402-406. ISSN 1341-2051, https://mol.medicalonline.jp/archive/search?jo=aq8imjsa&ye=2018&vo=25&issue=6 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine Sim, Joong Hiong Vijayananthan, Anushya Abdul Aziz, Yang Faridah Mansor, Azura Ahmad Tajuddin, Nur Amani Idris, Norisma Jaafar, Zulkarnain Omar, Asma Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? |
| title | Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? |
| title_full | Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? |
| title_fullStr | Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? |
| title_short | Are first year medical students ready for OSCE? |
| title_sort | are first year medical students ready for osce |
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