Learning intimate examinations with simulated patients: The evaluation of medical students’ performance

Abstract

Learning intimate examinations with IEA's has a positive effect on the performance of medical students. This beneficial effect is on its turn reinforced during internships.

The effectiveness of gynaecology teaching associates in teaching pelvic examination to medical students: a randomised controlled trial

“…Educators can confidently use GTAs to replace or supplement existing methods to teach competence in female pelvic examination and so help improve the current suboptimal situation. Experience of intimate examination is not restricted to gynaecological assessment [13] and so medical schools should consider employing GTA equivalents to assist with other intimate assessments such as uro-genital, breast, rectal, and prostate examinations if the findings of our trial can be replicated in other disciplines.…”

Using a ‘Yellow Card’ in the Objective Structured Clinical Exam: Does it Add to the Identification of Problem Postgraduate Trainees in General Practice? An Exploratory Study to Identify High Risk Trainees

“…The content and format of an OSCE represent an objective and structured simulation of reality. Therefore the OSCE is complementary to the internship assessment [14,15]. Several considerations need to be addressed.…”

OSCE: objective structured clinical examination

“…6 De OSCE als manier van toetsing heeft eveneens effect op het professioneel gedrag van studenten die de aangeleerde competenties meenemen in hun latere professionele carrière. [20][21][22] Onze en andere resultaten wijzen er dus op dat de hervorming van het curriculum met aandacht voor communicatie-en klinische vaardigheden effectief leidt tot een verbeterde prestatie van de studenten in deze vaardigheden. Uit vroeger onderzoek aan de universiteiten van Antwerpen en Gent is immers gebleken dat de studenten na hun stagejaar onvoldoende vaardighedenkennis bezaten in vergelijking met studenten aan de Universiteit Maastricht.…”