Strengthening the planning and design of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations
Health SA Gesondheid
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Title | Strengthening the planning and design of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations | |
Creator | Nyangeni, Thandolwakhe ten Ham-Baloyi, Wilma van Rooyen, Dalena R.M. | |
Description | Background: Although Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) offer innovative, objective, and fair methods of clinical assessment, their quality is compromised by poor planning and design.Aim: This study aimed to describe the development and present evidence-based recommendations on strengthening the planning and design of OSCEs for a South African public College of Nursing.Setting: A South African public College of Nursing.Methods: Recommendations were developed based on synthesising two sets of qualitative data. Set 1 included two main themes with each of the four sub-themes related to barriers and facilitators towards quality in OSCE designs from 14 nurse educator interviews and 15 external moderator reports. Set 2 included 12 quality measures to be adopted in the quality design of OSCEs derived from an integrative literature review. The draft recommendations were reviewed by eight experts to be finalised.Results: Seven recommendations were developed for strengthening OSCEs’ planning and design, related to: (1) policy framework, standard operating procedures and stakeholder code of conduct; (2) blueprinting and mapping of the OSCE content; (3) developing a bank of OSCE stations; (4) scoring rubric and standard-setting method selection; (5) examiners and standardised patients’ recruitment and training; (6) venue selection; and (7) station piloting.Conclusion: The seven developed recommendations can strengthen the quality of OSCEs in the South African public College of Nursing context.Contribution: The developed recommendations can assist nurse educators in planning and designing to conduct quality OSCEs following piloting and implementation. | |
Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
Date | 2024-08-07 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/hsag.v29i0.2693 | |
Source | Health SA Gesondheid; Vol 29 (2024); 9 pages 2071-9736 1025-9848 | |
Language | eng | |
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