Correlation between clinical clerkship achievement and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) scores of graduating dental students on conservative dentistry

Background:The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) has been introduced as an efficient method for the assessment of medical students.Objectives:The aim of the present study was to determine the satisfaction level of undergraduate medical students of internal medicine department with the OSCE.Materials and Methods:This was a descriptive cross-sectional study, performed on all available undergraduate students at the end of their internal medicine training period in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. The students responded to 15 multiple-choice questions with confirmed validity and reliability.Results:The majority of the students (94.5%) had a positive attitude toward the OSCE and mentioned that the OSCE format was a more appropriate type of exam than other methods of testing; however, 79.1% thought that the OSCE format was stressful. In addition, the participants’ sex had no effect on their level of satisfaction with the examination. Likewise, there was no significant correlation between their level of satisfaction and their age, marital status, or lack of previous experience with this type of exam.Conclusions:If the exam standards are met and a uniform dispersion of the scientific content is maintained, the OSCE method of assessment can be recommended as an efficient and applicable method for assessing medical students.

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“…Typically, the students rotate through the five- to 20-minute standardized stations during the OSCE for performing the requested skills (9-11). …”

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The Assessment of Undergraduate Medical Students’ Satisfaction Levels With the Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Khorashad

Salari

Baharvahdat

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…OSCE is a summative assessment of students' graduation outcomes. The OSCE results are thought to predict the extent to which students had learned the related course material and their performance as general dentists 16 .…”

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“…The clinical competence of dental students is usually assessed in terms of the number of case observations and/or assistance with a professor's treatment and their performance of procedures in the student dental clinic 1 . Traditional methods of assessment in dental education often concentrated on student knowledge and memorization abilities rather than on the cognitive skills needed for clinical practice.…”

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Objective structured clinical examination, OSCEs: an advance in the teaching and learning process in the student’s perception

Oliveira¹,

Porto²,

Ribeiro³

et al. 2019

Rev. odontol. UNESP

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Introduction The OSCE is a method of clinical competencies evaluation that has gained international popularity in medical and dental education. Objective The purpose of the present study was to describe the stages of development of the OSCE for the undergraduate course in Dentistry and to report the students' perception about this method of evaluation, regarding the degree of difficulty, time for each stage, importance of each station, number of stations, organization of the exam, as well as the total time for the OSCE. Material and method This research was an observational and cross-sectional study, composed of the carry out of an OSCE and later application of an evaluative questionnaire to the students who were in the fourth semester of the Dentistry course. These students had basic knowledge and an intermediate level of competences, compatible with their stage of education. Result As regards the number of stations, 43(97.7%) of the students responded that this was appropriate, OSCE process as a whole was very well organized (n=25; 56.8%), organized (n=17; 38.6%) or not very organized (n=1; 2.27%) and about the total time of the OSCE process, 29(65.9%) reported that it was appropriate; 10 (2.27%) said that it was short; 4 (9.09%), that it was long. Conclusion The student’s perception was positive especially regarding to organization and the time attributed to each station. Furthermore, the students considered that the topics and questions applied in each station were relevant.

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“…It has also been used in dental education in recent years 5, 6, 7, 8. The results of OSCE can provide educationists with valuable information regarding the planning of clinical dental education programs even though no correlation has been found between training outcome evaluation and future clinical performance 9, 10, 11, 12. Numerous related studies have been conducted in Taiwan, and the aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between OSCE and the results of clinical training during internship among dentistry students 13, 14, 15.…”

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Summative objective structured clinical examination as a reference of learners’ need before entering their internship

Lai

Chang

Wang

et al. 2018

Journal of Dental Sciences

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Background/purpose Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) has found increasingly wide use in the education of clinical dentistry in recent years. The objectives of this study were to find the predictability of OSCE in representing a student's actual ability in a clinical environment and to provide instructors with better ideas to guide an individual student in a certain field. Materials and methods Thirty-one dentistry students’ qualification OSCE scores were obtained after the conclusion of their dental clerkship in December 2014. The OSCE scores were compared with the various scores given by instructors from different departments during their internship a year later. The correlation was investigated between these two scores. Results The scores of the first station of OSCE—explaining a treatment plan for the restoration of a missing tooth—were correlated with the scores of prosthodontics in the internship. The scores of the fourth station of OSCE—explaining to a mother regarding the obtainment of a radiograph of her child's tooth—were correlated with the scores of orthodontics. In addition, the total score of the six OSCE stations was correlated with the scores of orthodontics, oral surgery, and pediatric dentistry during dental internship. Conclusion The results of clerkship qualification OSCE could provide instructors with insights into the needs of the students before their entering internship.

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Correlation between clinical clerkship achievement and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) scores of graduating dental students on conservative dentistry

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The Assessment of Undergraduate Medical Students’ Satisfaction Levels With the Objective Structured Clinical Examination

The Assessment of Undergraduate Medical Students’ Satisfaction Levels With the Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Objective structured clinical examination, OSCEs: an advance in the teaching and learning process in the student’s perception

Summative objective structured clinical examination as a reference of learners’ need before entering their internship

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