Problems in Evaluating Communication Skills with the Objective Structured Clinical Examination.
- VernacularTitle:客観的臨床能力試験での医療面接における評価の差の問題について
- Author:
Yohei FUKUMOTO
;
Fujio MURAKAMI
;
Kazuaki IMAI
;
Setsu KOBAYAKAWA
;
Yuka ITO
;
Yurika KAWAMURA
;
Sayako ONO
;
Yasuaki MURAKAMI
;
Akio TATEISHI
;
Masaru KAWASAKI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical interview;
objective structured clinical examination;
evaluation of communication skills;
assessment format
- From:Medical Education
2002;33(4):209-214
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Fifth-year medical students at the Yamaguchi University School of Medicine must pass an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) before beginning bedside learning. Because the OSCE is performed over 3 days, examinees on later days are suspected of having an advantage over those tested on early days. In this study, mean values for each day's scores by one examiner were statistically compared in stations of the medical interview to investigate the difference in scores obtained on each of the OSCE days. In addition, for stations at which one student was evaluated by two examiners, their scores for each student were compared statistically in the same manner. We found no significant day-todaydifferences in mean values of the scores over the 3 examination days. However, significant differences were found between the two examiners' scores in 2 of 3 stations for the medical interview. Although there were no differences in scores among participants during the 3-day communication OSCE, examiner's evaluations and formats should be standardized for OSCE stations.