Implementation of an OSCE at Kaohsiung Medical University

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 161-169

  Huang, Yu Sheng ^a,b   Liu, Min ^a   Huang, Chun Hsiung ^a,b   Liu, Keh Min ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical competence; Objective structured clinical examination; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 34248592795     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70392-4     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Conn J, Elliott S. Harry Potter and assessment. Clin Teach 2005;2:31-6.
2. Smee S. Skill based assessment. BMJ 2003;326:703-6.
3. Hodges B. OSCE! Variations on a theme by Harden. Med Educ 2003;37:1134-40.
4. Shumway JM, Harden RM. AMEE Guide No. 25: the assessment of learning outcomes for the competent and reflective physician. Med Teach 2003;25:569-84.
5. Davis MH. OSCE: the Dundee experience. Med Teach 2003;25:255-61.
6. Boursicot K, Roberts T. How to set up an OSCE. Clin Teach 2005;2:16-20.
7. Adamo G. Simulated and standardized patients in OSCEs: achievements and challenges 1992-2003. Med Teach 2003;25:262-70.
8. Newble D. Techniques for measuring clinical competence: objective structured clinical examinations. Med Educ 2004;38:199-203.
9. Schoonheim-Klein M, Walmsley AD, Habets L, et al. An implementation strategy for introducing an OSCE into a dental school. Eur J Dent Educ 2005;9:143-9.
10. Wass V, Van der Vleuten C, Shatzer J, et al. Assessment of clinical competence. Lancet 2001;357:945-9.
11. Heard JK, Allen RM, Cason GJ, et al. Practical issues in developing a program for the objective assessment of clinical skills. Med Teach 1998;20:15-21.
12. Kaohsiung Medical University. Available from http://www.kmu.edu.tw/en/ [Accessed: November 7, 2006]
13. Taiwan Medical Accreditation Council. Available from http://www.nhri.org. tw/nhri_org/mc/home.html [Accessed: November 7, 2006]
14. Fowell SL, Maudsley G, Maguire P, et al. Student assessment in undergraduate medical education in the United Kingdom, 1998. Med Educ 2000;34(Suppl 1):1-49.
15. Onishi H, Yoshida I. Rapid change in Japanese medical education. Med Teach 2004;26:403-8.
16. Vu N, Baroffio A, Huber P, et al. Assessing clinical competence: a pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of a standardized patient-based practical examination as a component of the Swiss certification process. Swiss Med Wkly 2006;136:392-9.
17. Liu KM, Huang YS. Using the OSCE of British and American medical students to implement the clinical skills assessment of Taiwan medical students. J Med Educ 2003;7:15-21.
18. Singleton A, Smith F, Harris T, et al. An evaluation of the team objective structured clinical examination (TOSCE). Med Educ 1999;33:34-41.
19. Wang WD, Yang PC, Chen CY, et al. Using senior residents as standardized patients for evaluating basic clinical skills of medical students. J Formos Med Assoc 2004;103:519-25.
20. Liu M, Huang YS, Liu KM. Assessing core clinical competencies required of medical graduates in Taiwan. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2006;22:475-83.
21. Liu M, Huang YS, Liu KM. Minimal required clinical competencies of medical graduates - a study of competency oriented medical education. J Med Educ 2004;8:168-88.
22. Harden RM. Twelve tips for organizing an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Med Teach 1990;12:259-64.
23. Barzansky B, Etzel SI. Medical Schools in the United States, 2005-2006. JAMA 2006;296:1147-52.
24. Hauer KE, Hodgson CS, Kerr KM, et al. A national study of medical student clinical skills assessment. Acad Med 2005;80(Suppl):S25-9.
25. Gerrow JD, Murphy HJ, Boyd MA, et al. Concurrent validity of written and OSCE components of the Canadian dental certification examinations. J Dent Educ 2003;67:896-901.
26. Brosnan M, Evans W, Brosnan E, et al. Implementing objective structured clinical skills evaluation (OSCE) in nurse registration programmes in a centre in Ireland: a utilisation focused evaluation. Nurse Educ Today 2006;26:115-22.
27. Major DA. OSCEs-seven years on the bandwagon: the progress of an objective structured clinical evaluation programme. Nurse Educ Today 2005;25:442-54.
28. Takayanagi R, Yokoyama H, Rimbara E, et al. Subject making and evaluation method for objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in pharmaceutical practice. Yakugaku Zasshi 2006;126:83-91.
29. st-year students as standardized patients. Teach Learn Med 2003;15:180-5.
30. Nayer M. The assessment of clinical competency: an overview and preliminary report of Canadian physiotherapy programs. Physiother Can 1995;47:190-9.
31. Lindsey AA, Stritter F. Use of an OSCE in education for radiation therapists. Radiol Technol 1990;62:36-41.