Is structured oral practice test comparable to objective structured clinical examination in the assessment of clinical micro-skills?

• Autor(a) principal: Matos, Flávia Soares de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Toledo Jr, Antonio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Docência do Ensino Superior (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/19242
• topic: Educação médica; Avaliação educacional; Competência clínica; Medical education; Educational evaluation; Clinical competence; Educación médica; Evaluación educacional; Competencia clínica

Simulation has became an important teaching strategy in health courses. The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is considered a gold standard in the assessment of skills and competences in simulation, but it requires many resources, making it difficult to perform it frequently. The objective of this study was to compare the OSCE with the structured oral-practical test in the assessment of clinical micro-skills. A quasi-experimental analysis was carried out with 21 medical students comparing the two types of test in the evaluation of five obstetric skills in a simulated environment. The students were divided into two groups. In the first phase, each group performed a type of test. After three weeks, the groups were switched and students took the tests again. The test type (OSCE or structured oral-practice test) did not influence the students' assessment (p>0.05). However, the scores were higher on the second day (p<0.05) regardless of the exam format, suggesting a "test effect".