The use of video recording in OSCEs

Ali, Noor; Pignatelli, Ilaria; Smith, Francesca

doi:10.1111/tct.12419

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“…Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) are considered the gold‐standard assessment to measure learners’ clinical competency and are widely used in medical education . Nevertheless, candidates have raised concerns about the reliability of assessor judgements both in our own institution and elsewhere . At present our students may only appeal OSCE outcomes on grounds of procedural irregularity or evidence of examiner prejudice, and are not permitted to appeal against the professional judgement of the assessor.…”

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Should we video OSCEs for student appeals?

Hogley

Thampy

Fisher

2019

The Clinical Teacher

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Background Those setting objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs) are likely to encounter candidates who dispute the examiners’ scores and feedback. At our own institution, candidates have requested video recording to aid in later academic appeals. Before ceding to such requests, we wished to be certain that the marking of recorded OSCEs would give comparable results to live marking, and that technical challenges could be met within reasonable cost. Methods We adopted a mixed‐methods approach to explore the use of video recording OSCEs. Following an initial literature review, we surveyed and interviewed the assessment leads of UK medical schools and postgraduate institutions setting high stakes OSCEs to explore their views and experience in using recordings as part of summative OSCE assessments. Results Results from our literature review reveal inconsistent findings about the comparability of marks awarded from video marking and those awarded by examiner in‐station marking, with suggestions that video marking generates lower scores. The majority of UK medical education institutions were neither videoing OSCEs nor considering doing so. Many logistical and assessor‐related drawbacks to video review were identified, with significant concerns raised about how such a process could be feasibly managed. Discussion Although the videoing of OSCEs may superficially appear an easy solution to provide defensibility of the process, the potential use is beset with challenge, going beyond purely logistical and technical difficulties. The use of videoing for the purpose of OSCE appeals is not currently supported by the literature, nor by the majority of UK undergraduate and postgraduate medical education institutions delivering high‐stakes summative OSCEs.

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confidence: 99%