Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), psychiatry and the Clinical assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC)Same Evidence, Different Judgement

BMC Psychiatry

Debate

Steven Marwaha¹ 

[1] Rm B149. Medical School Building, Gibbet Hill Campus Warwick Medical School University of Warwick Coventry, CV47AL, UK;

关键词: Medical Student;    Concurrent Validity;    Objective Structure Clinical Examination;    Consultant Psychiatrist;    Educational Impact;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-11-85

 received in 2011-02-09, accepted in 2011-05-16,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), originally developed in the 1970's, has been hailed as the "gold standard" of clinical assessments for medical students and is used within medical schools throughout the world. The Clinical assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) is an OSCE used as a clinical examination gateway, granting access to becoming a senior Psychiatrist in the UK.DiscussionVan der Vleuten's utility model is used to examine the CASC from the viewpoint of a senior psychiatrist. Reliability may be equivalent to more traditional examinations. Whilst the CASC is likely to have content validity, other forms of validity are untested and authenticity is poor. Educational impact has the potential to change facets of psychiatric professionalism and influence future patient care. There are doubts about acceptability from candidates and more senior psychiatrists.SummaryWhilst OSCEs may be the best choice for medical student examinations, their use in post graduate psychiatric examination in the UK is subject to challenge on the grounds of validity, authenticity and educational impact.

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