Theme
What is a good assessment and written performance assessment
Category
Student Assessment/Student Engagement
INSTITUTION
King Khalid University
· OSCE was first introduced as part of assessment of 4th year medical students in internal medicine in the year 2009.
· The first and second OSCE were considered trial ones and were composed of 5 stations only.
· In 2011, a 12 station OSCE was conducted.
· The aim of this study was to explore the students acceptance of OSCE as a method of assessment of clinical competence in internal medicine.
· OSCE was well accepted by the students.
· Some of the students were concerned with station time, exam anxiety and the long waiting time in the exam venue.
· OSCE was well accepted by the students.
· The department is encouraged to replace the long and short cases for final students by OSCE.
· A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 4th year medical students immediately after the OSCE.
· The main outcome measures were students' perception of examination attributes including the quality of instructions and organization, and the quality of performance.
· The students perceived OSCE in internal medicine as fair(53%) , comprehensive(56%) and with clear instructions (54%).
· However, some students felt that it was not less stressful than other methods of assessment(30%).
· Although most students were satisfied with the stations time(57% ) , a few expressed concerns about inadequacy of time in some stations(13%) .
· Some students expressed concerns about being kept for long time in the exam venue.
· The authors wish to thank all member staff of the department of internal medicine for all their efforts in preparing and executing the OSCE.
We also express our gratitude to the participating students and patients.
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