STUDENT EVALUATION OF AN OSCE IN GENERAL MEDICINE AT MAMATA MEDICAL COLLEGE, ANDHRA PRADESH
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
The assessment of student’s clinical competence is of paramount importance, and there are several means of evaluating student performance in medical examinations. The OSCE is an approach to student assessment in which aspects of clinical competence are evaluated in a comprehensive, consistent and structured manner with close attention to the objectivity of the process. The faculty of general medicine in collaboration with other clinical departments, Mamata Medical College, Khammam first implemented the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in the final MBBS Part-II examination during the internal assessment examination for the 2011-2012 academic years. The study was set out to explore student acceptance of the OSCE as part of an evaluation of final MBBS students. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by successive groups of students immediately after the OSCE. Main outcome measures were student perception of examination attributes, which included the quality of instructions and organization, the quality of performance, authenticity and transparency of the process, and usefulness of the OSCE as an assessment instrument compared to other formats. There was an overwhelming acceptance of OSCE in general medicine with respect to comprehensiveness (90%) transparency (90%) & authenticity of required tasks. Students felt that it was a useful form of examination. Student’s feedback was invaluable in influencing faculty teaching curriculum direction and appreciation of student opinion and overall the students were agreeable with newer form of OSCE. The majority of the students felt that OSCE is a fair assessment tool compared to traditional long and short cases and it covers a wide range of knowledge and clinical skills in general medicine.
Authors and Affiliations
Dharma Rao V| Professor, Department of General Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Corresponding author email: mamatakhmm@gmail.com, Pramod Kumar Reddy M| Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, AP, India, Rajaneesh Reddy M| Assistant professor, Department of General Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, HanumiahA| Professor, Department of General Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Shyam Sunder P| Professor, Department of Dermatology, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, AP, India, Narasingha Reddy T| Assoc Professor, Department of Radio Diagnosis, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, AP, India, Kishore Babu SPV| Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, AP, India
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