Study of the Suitability and Reliability of Evaluations of Initial Objective Structured Clinical Examinations at the Niigata University School of Medicine.
- VernacularTitle:ＯＳＣＥにおける評価の妥当性と信頼性についての検討 新潟大学医学部第１回ＯＳＣＥを実施して
- Author:
Eiichi SUZUKI
;
Masaaki ITO
;
Yutaka AOYAGI
;
Ichiro FUSE
;
Keiko TANAKA
;
Makoto NAITO
;
Masaharu YAMAMOTO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
objective structured clinical examination;
evaluation;
standardization;
objectivity;
standardized patient
- From:Medical Education
2003;34(1):37-44
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
At the Niigata University School of Medicine, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) were performed for the first time in 2001 for 92 fourth-year medical students. The average evaluation scores students received from instructors were summarized, and the differences between scores given by different instructors were examined. We found that practice methods for the medical interview and physical examination before OSCE and the question topics and evaluation methods of OSCE were appropriate, but scores on some items were extremely low. The standardization and objectivity of the evaluation were satisfactory, perhaps because one explanatory conference and two training conferences were held for instructors before OSCE. However, some questions tended to produce differences between instructors, as did some topics, especially in the medical interview. The scores with standardized patients and those by teachers were strongly correlated, but those with the former were lower than those by the latter.
