Inter-Professional Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination (ITOSCE): Teaching and Assessment Strategies of the Inter Professional Approach

Autor: Atena Rahmati Najarkolai, Nazi Saljoughi, Maryam Karbasi Motlagh, Fatemeh Keshmiri
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Bali Medical Journal, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 463-469 (2016)
ISSN: 2302-2914
2089-1180
DOI: 10.15562/bmj.v5i3.304
Popis: Background: In the recent decades, Inter-Professional Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination (ITOSCE) has been considered as an efficient tool in evaluating the teamwork and the Inter-professional competences. The aim of this study was to review the literature related ITOSCE as educational tool. Method: This narrative review study was conducted in 2015. Relevant literature was found by searching the databases such as: PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, Google Scholar, Science Direct, EBSCO, ProQuest. Title searching was performed in full English texts without time limitation using keywords including; Team, Inter professional Team, Group, Inter-disciplinary, Objective Structured Clinical Examination (TOSCE, ITOSCE, GOSCE). Results: 19 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the analyses. In 13 studies, ITOSCE was used as an assessment tool, and in 6 studies as a learning tool. ITOSCE had been used in several fields such as: obstetrics, gynecology, emergency, palliative care with participating of a variety of disciplines, including: medicine, pharmacy, several trends of nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and Social working. Conclusion: Eventually, it can be noted that ITOSCE plays significant role as an educational and evaluation tool to improve inter-professional teamwork competences among the students. Further studies are needed to develop to examine the psychometric criteria of ITOSCE.
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