How to maintain equity and objectivity in assessing the communication skills in a large group of student nurses during a long examination session, using the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Use of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Undergraduate Nursing Education

“…full-text studies included in the end n=8 figure 1. Flow chart of the search process of the systematic review of articles regarding "use of the objective Structured clinical examination in undergraduate nursing education" of the eight studies included in the review, one study was from spain (12), one from italy (18), one from the UsA (16), two were from the United Kingdom (17,19), one from egypt (20) and two from ireland (15,21).…”

“…they stated that osce proved as a useful method to assess communicative skills (18). in most cases, the osce has been conducted traditionally, using paper-based methodology.…”

“…educators must assure reliability and validity of the osce exam. for that reason, some authors indicate the importance of using two examiners per station to achieve objectivity in the osce exam (14,18). this way of testing can result in exhaustion of examin-…”

The Effect Of Video Based Simulation Training On Neonatal Examination Competency Among Turkish Nursing Students

“…The simulation environment stimulates learning methods and elicits different, more engaged responses from students, compared with the responses obtained from traditional lectures in the classroom (Brannan, White, & Bezanson, 2008;Evans & Mixon, 2015;Sharma, 2013;Steadman et al, 2006). In the literature, it emphasized the importance of simulation as an effective means of providing a realistic and practical environment (Bagnasco et al, 2016;Cates et al, 2015;Cooper, 2015). In addition, the simulation scenario in the current study was followed by debriefing sessions that clarified students' mistakes, helping to improve knowledge of NE (Bernd et al, 2015).…”

Language Matters: Development of an Objective Structured Language Test for Foreign Physicians – Results of a Pilot Study in Germany

“…From the viewpoint of medical educators, OSCEs have established themselves as reliable and valid instruments when it comes to testing clinical-practical knowledge [18]. Brandes and Bagnasce et al have further shown that OSCEs are well suited as a methodological setting for measuring communication skill levels in cultural and professional contexts [19], [20]. Analogous to the OSCE-concept of multiple short test scenarios with a length of five to ten minutes, the SAM has been designed with two testing stations of ten minutes each for each one of the two areas that examine oral proficiency (cp.…”