COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL CLINICAL EXAMINATION (CCE) V/S OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION (OSCE) AS AN EVALUATION TOOL FOR MBBS STUDENTS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 39
Abstract
[b]BACKGROUND[/b]: In India, there has been a considerable rethink on the curriculum of medical education, specially, on the teaching and assessment methodology. Subjective assessment is slowly giving way to objective structured assessment. The aim of undergoing clinical examination is to assess the students learning skill, knowledge, professionalism and attitude avoiding examiners variability and bias. OSCE has been advocated as it overcomes the flaws of conventional clinical examination. [b]OBJECTIVE[/b]: To find out effective, Evaluation tool where the assessment is Structured, Competency based, In-depth testing of skills is done, And higher levels of Millers Pyramid is tested. Method: A comparative study was conducted in Tagore Medical College and Hospital among the 9th Semester students. Scores obtained under both the methods were compared using statistical methods. After undergoing both the examination, feedback was collected to assess the attitude of the students towards both the methods. [b]RESULTS:[/b] By quantitative analysis, the two-tailed P value is 0.000 which is considered to be extremely statistically significant. So, the null hypothesis was rejected. So, there is strong reason to believe that students are able to score better under a better examination methodology. By qualitative analysis, attitude of the students towards OSCE method was better than CCE method. [b]CONCLUSION[/b]: It is proved that Objective structured clinical examination a statistically significant better evaluation tool with comparison to conventional examination and it can be included in the undergraduate assessment method.
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Sreedevi B. V.
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