Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- . Mohd Altaf Mir
- . Debarati Chattopadhyay
- . Madhubari Vathulya
- . Vishal Mago
- . Rajesh Kumar Maurya
- . Akshay Kapoor
- . Neeraj Rao
Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In this study, we attempted to assess the change of perception of postgraduate
students on objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in burns and plastic surgery after first
five OSCE.
METHODS: A prevalidated feedback questionnaire was used to assess and score the perception of
postgraduate students on OSCE in burns and plastic surgery. The opinion of postgraduate students on
the feedback questionnaire after first and fifth assessment tests based on OSCE was analyzed. The
results were compiled on a data sheet and analyzed using Microsoft Excel and plotted as graphical
interpretation. The statistical analysis was done using MedCalc software.
RESULTS: The results of the study showed that there is a positive change in perception of
students in favor of monthly assessment based on OSCE in burns and plastic surgery after fifth
assessment. The mean students’ favorable perception score after the first assessment with was
30.2 ± 2.828 (mean ± standard deviation [SD]) and after fifth assessment, 43 ± 2.828 (mean SD)
with Student’s test t = 10.119 and P < 0.0001 which is highly significant statistically in favor of OSCE
after fifth assessment.
CONCLUSIONS: We observed in our study that the monthly assessment based on OSCE is well
accepted by the students of our subspecialty after few assessments; however, further studies are
required to augment the evidence.
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