Dental Student Perceptions of the Educational Value of a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary OSCE
| Autor: | Felicia Moore Mensah, Laureen A. Zubiaurre Bitzer, Roseanna Graham, O. Roger Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Student perceptions
medicine.medical_specialty Objective structured clinical examination business.industry education Columbia university General Medicine Multidisciplinary approach Interquartile range Family medicine medicine Statistical analysis business Value (mathematics) Curriculum Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Dental Education. 78:694-702 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0337 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2014.78.5.tb05721.x |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to examine student perceptions of the educational value of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). The examination is administered after the second year of the curriculum, prior to the beginning of clinical training at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. The quantitative component of the study consisted of a survey administered to students who had taken the OSCE (N=78). Due to the ordinal level of data produced by the Likert-scale survey, statistical analysis was performed through calculation of the median and interquartile range (IQR). Overall, student perceptions of the educational value of the OSCE, as measured using a five-point scale (1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree) were positive, demonstrating students’ agreement that the exam required the ability to think critically and problem-solve (median=4, IQR=1), assessed clinically relevant skills (median=5, IQR=1), and was a learning experience (median=5, IQR=1). A statistically significant chi-square value (p |
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