Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination Station for Pediatric Occupational Therapy and an Evaluation of Its Quality

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IMPORTANCE: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a highly valued measure of students' clinical competencies in medical education. However, few studies have reported on the administration of the OSCE in pediatric occupational therapy education.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of a pediatric occupational therapy OSCE station to evaluate students' use of a standardized assessment and examine its standard setting, failure rates, and psychometric properties.

DESIGN: Prospective, cross-sectional, observational study design.

SETTING: Three OSCE stations in a university clinical skills center.

PARTICIPANTS: Five experienced occupational therapists, 60 examinees, 44 child standardized patients, 44 chaperones, and 15 examiners.

MEASURES: The sum of the rating scale and the global performance scores were used. The rating scale measured the examinee's clinical competences in administering a standardized assessment. The 5-point global performance score was used to evaluate the examinee's whole performance.

RESULTS: The OCSE station's expert validity was acceptable (item-level content validity index [CVI] = 0.8-1.0; scale-level CVI = 0.98). Passing scores according to the Angoff method (passing score = 14) and the contrasting-groups M-SD method (passing score = 13) were similar. Failure rates were high (61.7%-73.3%). Internal consistency was acceptable (Cronbach's α = .78). No significant examiner effect was found (p = .554), and interexaminer reliability was acceptable (item score = 0.58-1.00; sum of the rating scale score = 0.97; global performance score = 0.79).

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The OSCE station for using a standardized assessment is a reliable and valid measure of students' interpersonal communication skills and assessment skills. What This Article Adds: The OSCE for education in pediatric occupational therapy is both effective and rigorous.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association - 76(2022), 2 vom: 01. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fu, Chung-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Hsin-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ming-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chien-Hsiou [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Jiann-Horng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chih-Chia [VerfasserIn]
Su, Chia-Ting [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 22.02.2022

Date Revised 22.02.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5014/ajot.2022.043521

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337114293