Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):525-530.
doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.2.3422.

Students' perception and scores in Paediatrics end-of-clerkship and final professional Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): A comparative study

Sabeen Abid Khan  1 , Sahira Aaraj  2 , Sidra Talat  3 , Nismat Javed  4
Affiliations

Students' perception and scores in Paediatrics end-of-clerkship and final professional Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): A comparative study

Sabeen Abid Khan et al. Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to understand students' perception of the usefulness of end-of-clerkship (EOC) as compared to professional exam Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) and to compare student performance in both examinations.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of medical students who were studying in the final year at Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, and appeared in both end-of-clerkship and final professional exams. The study was conducted in October 2019. The data was collected through a self-constructed questionnaire. The scores of all participants were also recorded. The data obtained was analyzed on IBM's statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 23 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Descriptive statistics were used for qualitative variables. Mean and standard deviation was calculated for quantitative variables. Chi-square test was also applied to assess for significant differences.

Results: Out of 115 participants, 57 (49.6%) were males and 58 (50.4%) were females. Most of the participants (75.7%) agreed that both OSCEs were well-structured. Participants found that both the exams give a good cross-section of paediatrics and allowed them to learn something new (p=0.00). 45% of participants perceived that the end-of-clerkship OSCE exam helped in orienting them for the final professional exam by identifying their weaknesses.

Conclusion: Although the EOC OSCE served as a good preparatory exercise, it did not alleviate the stress levels. However, the results in both OSCEs were comparable and students were satisfied with the current weightage of marks distribution.

Keywords: End-of-clerkship; Final professional; OSCE; Students’ perception.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None to declare.

References

    1. Bergus GR, Woodhead JC, Kreiter CD. Trained lay observers can reliably assess medical students'communication skills. Med Educ. 2009;43(7):688–694. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03396.x. - PubMed
    1. Majumder MAA, Kumar A, Krishnamurthy K, Ojeh N, Adams OP, Sa B. An evaluative study of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE):students and examiners perspectives. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2019;10:387–397. doi:10.2147/AMEP.S197275. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Plakiotis C. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Psychiatry Education:A Review of Its Role in Competency-Based Assessment. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;988:159–180. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56246-9_13. - PubMed
    1. Risse J, Busato T, Dufrost V, Perri M, Zuily S, Wahl D. Development of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for evaluating clinical competence in vascular medicine. J Med Vasc. 2017;42(3):141–147. doi:10.1016/j.jdmv.2017.02.002. - PubMed
    1. Al-Naami MY, El-Tinay OF, Khairy GA, Mofti SS, Anjum MN. Improvement of psychometric properties of the objective structured clinical examination when assessing problem solving skills of surgical clerkship. Saudi Med J. 2011;32(3):300–304. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources