Evaluation of Student Skills in Basic Minor Surgery Using the Object Structured Clinical Examination.
- VernacularTitle:ＯＳＣＥ（客観的臨床能力試験）による小外科手技の評価の妥当性の検討
- Author:
Hiroki SASAKI
;
Noriaki OCHI
;
Akira MATSUSHITA
;
Yukihiro OGASAWARA
;
Takafumi MORI
;
Hiroki NAKAIZUMI
;
Ryuki KASSAI
;
Nobutaro BAN
;
Tsukasa TSUDA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
basic surgical skills;
OSCE;
evaluation
- From:Medical Education
1996;27(2):105-108
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We evaluated basic surgical skills in students using the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). The study was conducted on 101 sixth-grade medical students (67 males, 34 females) at Kawasaki Medical School in 1993. Theme A (tying of a silk suture) was given to 44 students, and theme B (tying of nylon suture using surgical instruments) was given to 57 students. The following items were evaluated (1) handling of surgical instruments, (2) suturing, (3) knot tying, and (4) suture removal. The average score for theme B was slightly lower than that for theme A. The average score for knot tying was lower than scores for the other items. Thus, it was revealed that all students were not good at tying knots. These scores for minor surgery correlated with the scores for other skills as evaluated by the OSCE. In conclusion, the OSCE appears to be an appropriate method for evaluating basic surgical skills.
