The International Journal of Professional Management - ISSN 20422341
A Conceptual Paper on the Value of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations for Nursing Education
Volume 12, Issue 4, July 2017
Hongli Sam GOH
RN, PhD, MN, BSN
DBA candidate, IPE Management School Paris, France
Boon Tai CHEN
PhD, MBA, B.E. (Hons), MIEM, P.Eng, GDip.
Adjunct Professor and doctoral supervisor, IPE Management School Paris, France
William CHUA
PhD (Mgmt), MBA, BSc (Maths/Ed), MMIM, MIIKM, Honorary Fellow
Adjunct Professor and doctoral supervisor, IPE Management School Paris, France
Mun Leong TANG
RN, EdD, MEd, BHScN
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Queensland Australia
Corresponding author:
Hongli Sam GOH
Singapore
Tel: (65) 92980258
Email: nurghs@gmail.com
Abstract
This paper sought to review peer-reviewed empirical studies on Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) in medical and nursing education. Since this was introduced in medical education in 1975, OSCE has been adopted by an increasing number of medical schools across countries such as the United States, Canada, New Zealand and even Asian countries like Philippines and Malaysia. National regulatory boards, specifically in medicine, have extended the use of OSCE for licensure purposes. A literature review was undertaken from December 2016 to February 2017 to evaluate the literature reporting on the validity, reliability and feasibility of OSCE in medical and nursing education and to highlight the research gap. The review found that the OSCE was widely used by many medical and nursing schools across the world, and many studies have based their OSCE designs using Miller's model for competence assessment as their frameworks. In addition, this review found an extensive literature supporting the educational value of OSCE in terms of validity, reliability and feasibility for medical education. However, the paucity of nursing literature prevents the authors from concluding the value of nursing OSCE for nursing education or licensure purposes. Finally, this review proposes recommendations for a quantitative study to design and develop an OSCE for nursing education in Singapore.
Key words
OSCE, objective structured clinical examination, nursing, assessment, competence
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