APPLICATION OF OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION AS A STAGE OF CERTIFICATION OF GRADUATES OF THE STATE INSTITUTION “DNIPROPETROVSK MEDICAL ACADEMY OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF UKRAINE”
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2019.3.10122Keywords:
assessment of students’ knowledge, objective structured clinical examinationAbstract
The aim of the work – to analyze the use of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) as a stage of certification of graduates of the state institution “Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”.
The main body. OSCE has certain advantages over traditional methods of assessment – oral interviews, written work, testing and taking practical skills at the patient’s bedside. The OSCE de facto remains practically the only method that can effectively assess the skills of a large number of students in a minimal time at the “show” level of the G. Miller clinical competence pyramid. Unlike written, oral tests and testing, OSCE not only assesses the level of students’ theoretical knowledge, but examines their competence in applying existing knowledge in practice.
Conclusion. In comparison with taking practical skills near the patient’s bed, OSCE allows to provide a greater variety of clinical situations, to reproduce rare clinical cases, to test students’ skills in “delicate” situations, admit the possibility of a medical mistake.
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