Delivering a modified continuous objective structured clinical examination for ophthalmology residents through a hybrid online method
- Author:
Syntia NUSANTI
1
;
Dearaini
;
Anna Puspitasari BANI
;
Arief S. KARTASASMITA
;
Andi MUHAMMAD ICHSAN
;
Rova VIRGANA
;
Neni ANGGRAINI
;
Tri RAHAYU
;
Irawati IRFANI
;
Lukman EDWAR
;
Maula RIFADA
;
Anggun Rama YUDANTHA
;
Muhammad Abrar ISMAIL
;
Evelyn KOMARATIH
;
Arief WILDAN
;
Andrew M. H. KNOCH
Author Information
- Publication Type:Medical Education in an Asian Context
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Education 2021;33(4):419-430
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Since coronavirus disease 2019 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, it has become a challenging situation to continue medical education, including in Indonesia. The situation prohibited face-to-face (direct) educational activities in clinical settings, therefore also postponing examinations involving especially procedural skills. Adaptations were urgently needed to maintain the delivery of high-stake examinations to sustain the number of ophthalmology graduates and the continuation of eye health service. Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) has been one of our widely used method to assess clinical competencies for ophthalmology residents, and is the one method that involves gatherings, close contact of examiners, examinees and patients, therefore the most difficult to adjust. Pandemic challenges brought technical changes in our delivering the OSCE to online, maximizing digital platforms of meetings, while still concerned to guarding the safety of candidates, patients and staffs. OSCE scenarios were also made as timely efficient as possible by changing continuous station models to a cascade one. The purpose of this article is to document our experience in conducting a feasible and reproducible OSCE in this pandemic era filled with limitations.
