The Objective Structured Teaching Evaluation / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

1)With the implementation of mandatory clinical residency in Japan, resident evaluations have become an important part of clinical education. Recently, however, a greater emphasis has been placed on the evaluation of physician instructors. In the West, research examining the teaching skills of clinical physicians has been ongoing since the 1970s and is reviewed in this paper.<br>2)The Objective Structured Teaching Evaluation (OSTE), which uses standardized students, multiple stations, video recordings, and scoring by observers, was developed in the 1990s.<br>3)Unlike the Objective Structured Clinical Examination, which is an evaluation tool for medical students and residents, the OSTE is rarely used to evaluate individual performances or used as a part of certification exams. Instead, the OSTE serves as a tool for faculty development or as an outcome measure for the effectiveness of faculty development education initiatives.<br>4)If available in Japan, the OSTE would be an excellent resource for improving the teaching skills of physicians and would be a useful tool for training sessions for physician instructors. More research is needed to facilitate the introduction of the OSTE to Japan in the future.