Evaluation of the Post-gratuated Students’ Perception about Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) in Dentistry Faculty of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2013-14
Ramin Negahdary1, Parisa Falsafy2, Sepideh Bohluli2, Vahid Fakhrzadeh1, Hosein Eslami2, and Alireza Purnasrollah11Department of Prosthodontic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract: Evaluation has always been an important component of the education and is a reliable tool to assess the students' learning. Best known method for testing clinical skills is Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), which can assess the level of achievement of educational goals. The aim of this study was to evaluate of the Post-gratuated Students’ Perception about Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) in Dentistry Faculty of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2013-14. In this cross-sectional study, all residents of the prosthodantics, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, pathology, restorative dentistry, endodontics and periodontics were evaluated. Data were analyzed in SPSS21 software. In this study, P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. 64.1 percent were aware of OSCE evaluation purposes. Also 64.1 percent know OSCE as an appropriate method for the assessment of practical skills. And 56.4 percent agreed that clinical diagnosis skills will be assessed by the OSCE as well. 64.2 percent before the test and 74.2 percent after the test, know it stressful method, But this difference was not significant (P>0.05). However, testing students using OSCE can increase students’ stress, but overally it is a good way to evaluate the scientific and practical knowledge.
Keywords: OSCE; attitudes; residents Back to TOC