Objective Structured Clinical Examination Case Study

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) is one of the effective assessment methods for assessing clinical skills in most medical professions, and for dedicating curriculum problem areas (7, 12).. The results of the current study indicated that the student’s feedback about the attributes of OSCE and quality was positive. These results were in accordance with other researches’ findings (Alinier, 2003; Pierre et al., 2004; El-Nemer& Kandeel 2009 and Eswi et al., 2013) (21, 18, 13, 12). According to the findings of the current study, most of the students reported that OSCE was fair and nearly two thirds of them respectively reported that OSCE minimized chance of failing , covered a wide range of knowledge , allowed student to compensate in some areas, less stressful than other exams and was well administered. The findings of the present study in agreement with Eswi et
However, knowledge is not only the main source of education based on skills and competencies but this type of education is focused also on professional attitudes and psychomotor skills. Such education provides for safe and effective nursing practice without the need of direct supervision. Its implementation needs the refinement of learning outcomes and the use of appropriate methods of assessment, e.g. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) (40). Regarding student rating of assessment formats the results of the present study revealed that more than one third of students felt that OSCE rating was the easiest, while nearly one third of them rated MCQ as a more difficult form of assessment. The OSCE and MCQ were considered the fairest assessment format by more than one quarter of the students. Essays and OSCE were the most useful experiences in learning process. Compared to the other assessment formats, nearly one third considered that the clerkship ratings should be used most in the clinical