Effect of short-term training for OSCE examiners in general practice residency training final examination / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of short-term training of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) examiner in general practice residency training final examination.Methods Sixty examiners from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region participated in half-day workshop of OSCE.The participants were interviewed with questionnaire before and after the training program and the effect of training was evaluated.Results The study showed that 78.3％ (47/60) examiners knew OSCE and understood the concept and implementation steps before the training;21.7％ (13/60)had used it before;95.0％ (57/60) examiners intended to learn the performance of OSCE.After training most participants completely or basically understood the 6 test stands and implementation methods of OSCE;the participants were highly satisfied with the training duration,contents and methods,and the satisfaction rates were all over 70％.Conclusion The examiners recognize the advantages of OSCE in assessment of clinical skills and have strong intention of application.Short-term training has a certain effect and feasibility.