Perception of Nursing Faculty Members on the Use of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) To Evaluate Competencies

Hatamleh, Wajed

doi:10.9790/1959-03642126

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“…A high level of similarity and relevance to actual clinical practice situation had been reported by Mitchell, Henderson [12], which had also found to increase the level of confidence of students. Studies conducted by Salinitri, O'Connell [22] and by Hatamleh and Sabeeb [23] had reported similar results, where OSCE was perceived by the students as highly realistic and relevant to actual clinical practice situations to assess problem-based learning. Use of standardized patients for students' assessment is practiced in some places [24].…”

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Assessing Clinical Skills of Nursing Students: A Triangulation Study to Explore Faculty Experiences and Feedback in Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

John¹,

Narayanan

Al-Sawad

et al. 2021

WJNR

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Background and aim: Developing clinical skills and its assessment is one of the most important components in nursing education which prepares the student for the reality of practice. Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is extensively used and widely accepted by nurse educators across the globe to assess the competency skills of nursing students. The present study aimed at identifying the attitude and perceptions of faculty, and exploring their feedback and experience in conducting OSCE as an assessment tool. Methods: A triangulation research approach was used with convenience sampling. Data collection was carried out using questionnaires and semistructured interviews. Participants were ten faculty members who were involved in conducting OSCE for students. Results and conclusion: Most of the faculty felt that OSCE reflected the skills of delivery of safe patient care, and the structure reflected mastery of knowledge and skills, which are related to course objectives. OSCE was regarded by the faculty as a consistent, reliable, valid, and objective measure to assess students' performance and to improve students' confidence in clinical skills. Concerns were raised about a high level of stress in students, the time required for the proper performance of tasks, OSCE scenarios lacking real-life situations in assessment, and the need for repeated practice and intensive mock training sessions. The applicability of OSCE in terms of limitations in human and material resources with a large number of students would necessitate rethinking in developing other assessment strategies to improve the overall process.

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Assessing Clinical Skills of Nursing Students: A Triangulation Study to Explore Faculty Experiences and Feedback in Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

John¹,

Narayanan

Al-Sawad

et al. 2021

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“…Hatamleh et al who reported that in their study also the majority of the respondents were females (85.5%) 13 .…”

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Objective Structured Clinical Exam : A Cross Sectional Study To Evaluate Undergraduate Nursing Students Experience

Rosy K O,

Nandini M,

Princy Francis M

et al. 2022

IJONC

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Introduction: OSCE is an assessment tool in which the components of clinical competence such as history taking, physical examination, performing procedures, interpretation of lab results, health education, communication and attitude are tested using agreed check lists and rotating the student round a number of stations some which have observers with check lists. Aim: The present study was conducted to evaluate the experience of undergraduate nursing students on objective structured clinical examination as an assessment method for their clinical skills. Material & Methods: A Cross sectional descriptive design was used in the study. A convenient sampling method was followed, to select 237 students of different academic levels of BSc Nursing program during the academic year 2019 -2020 of Aswini college of Nursing, Thrissur. The questionnaire was administered through Goggle forms after testing the validity. Results: Majority of the students responded positively towards the OSCE attributes, organization, quality, validity, reliability and exam. Student's experience OSCE as not scary and frightening; and also they partially agree with using OSCE more often in upcoming years. Majority of students partially agree that OSCE felt as real as well as authentic and covered wide range of clinical skills. Students positive feedback of the OSCE experience recommend the usefulness of OSCE as a summative & formative evaluation method in nursing field.

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“…This result shades the light on some challenges faced the faculty in our research which may play crucial role in conducting OSCE properly. The different viewpoint of researchers regarding OSCE makes it difficult to conclude that OSCE is the "Gold standard" for clinical competence assessment (Hatamleh & Abu Sabeeb, 2014) [9] .…”

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“…To assess challenges affecting quality of OSCEs and suggestions of improvement as perceived by academic nursing staff. [9,6,5,2] . It was used to identify faculty staff perception about challenges experienced during application of OSCE including 2 main challenges.…”

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Challenges affecting quality of objective structured clinical examination: Assessment of academic staff perception and their improvement suggestions

Gamal¹,

Gamal²,

Eltomy³

et al. 2019

Int. J. Adv. Res. Nurs.

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Background: Assessment of clinical competence is an essential, mandatory requirement and critical norm for accountability of educational objectives as the traditional testing tools cannot evaluate clinical competence. But it became a tough job for nurse educator as it poses several challenges in terms of objectivity and reliability. In spite of increasing usage of OSCE in nursing and the huge number of studies published about it, it is still debatable about advantages of its using. OSCE costs remain an obstacle facing its use. The aim of this study: was to assess challenges affecting quality of OSCE and suggestions of improvement as perceived by academic nursing staff. Design: A descriptive exploratory research design was used. Setting: Faculty of Nursing, Minia University. Subjects: A purposive sample of 40 clinical instructors and assistant lecturers at medical-surgical, pediatric, obstetric, and community health nursing that using OSCE in students' clinical evaluation. Tools: I-Socio-demographic data sheet II-Self-administered questionnaire to assess the perceived challenges affects quality of OSCE among study participants and to obtain their suggestions to overcome these challenges. Results: The highest manpower related challenges perceived by participants were insufficient faculty members (83%) and OSCE is stressful for students (81%). For non-human challenges, the most prominent ones were that some procedures require longer time than others (90%), unsuitability of the available settings to the number of students (83%) and insufficient needed materials/equipment (73%). Conclusion:The founded human and non-human challenges of the current study may affect the quality of OSCE in all steps, from preparation to application and subsequent suggestions are interrelated. Staff suggested improving in labs preparation and increasing labs numbers. Also, allocating sufficient budget and increasing number of trained staff. Recommendations: Increase the number of clinical instructors, budget and the work hours of OSCE to accommodate with the increased number of students and permit periods of rest for both staff and students.

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Perception of Nursing Faculty Members on the Use of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) To Evaluate Competencies

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Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Assessing Clinical Skills of Nursing Students: A Triangulation Study to Explore Faculty Experiences and Feedback in Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Assessing Clinical Skills of Nursing Students: A Triangulation Study to Explore Faculty Experiences and Feedback in Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Objective Structured Clinical Exam : A Cross Sectional Study To Evaluate Undergraduate Nursing Students Experience

Challenges affecting quality of objective structured clinical examination: Assessment of academic staff perception and their improvement suggestions

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