Assessment of clinical nurse specialists in rheumatology using an OSCE

Abstract

This was the first time an OSCE was used in a postgraduate course to assess the physical examination skills of rheumatology nurse specialists. The course faculty, examiners and students found it was a reliable and valid means of assessment.

Impact and Perceived Benefits of a Problem-Based Learning Workshop for Continuing Education in Speech-Language Pathology: a Pilot Study

“…Although the OSCE reliability and validity requires additional study (Rushforth, 2007), health professionals nevertheless consider it the "gold standard" for assessing health professional clinical change (Bartfay, Rombough, Howse & Leblanc, 2004). Across healthcare professions, limitations of the OSCE have included student anxiety (Ryan, Stevenson, & Hassell, 2007;Salinitri, O'Connell, Garwood, Lehr, & Abdallah, 2012;Wanstall, 2010) and disagreement about grading criteria (Rushforth, 2007). The major drawback of the OSCE is the cost in identifying and providing qualified patients, faculty, and space resources (Patricio, Juliao, Fareleira, & Carneiro, 2013).…”

Developing Competence for Nurses and Social Workers

“…Self-efficacy has proven to be reliable and valid for predicting behavior and performance variation in multiple health disciplines. 44 Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), which originated in medical education, has been introduced successfully in both nursing 45 and social work. The Geriatric Social Work Competency Scale II is used in this way for graduate education.…”

Expert Panel Consensus on Assessment Checklists for a Rheumatology Objective Structured Clinical Examination

“…Several rheumatology OSCEs (ROSCEs) were designed to assess skills in performing the musculoskeletal examination or musculoskeletal ultrasound (3)(4)(5)(6)(7). Several rheumatology OSCEs (ROSCEs) were designed to assess skills in performing the musculoskeletal examination or musculoskeletal ultrasound (3)(4)(5)(6)(7).…”

“…Within rheumatology, there are a few published reports about OSCEs. Several rheumatology OSCEs (ROSCEs) were designed to assess skills in performing the musculoskeletal examination or musculoskeletal ultrasound (3)(4)(5)(6)(7). Other ROSCEs have been used to assess important rheumatology competencies such as interpersonal and communication skills and professionalism (8)(9)(10).…”