Khan Sabeen Abid, Aaraj Sahira, Talat Sidra, Javed Nismat
Sabeen Abid Khan, MBBS, FCPS. Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Sahira Aaraj, MBBS, FCPS. Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):525-530. doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.2.3422.
This study aims to understand students' perception of the usefulness of end-of-clerkship (EOC) as compared to professional exam Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) and to compare student performance in both examinations.
We conducted a cross-sectional study of medical students who were studying in the final year at Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, and appeared in both end-of-clerkship and final professional exams. The study was conducted in October 2019. The data was collected through a self-constructed questionnaire. The scores of all participants were also recorded. The data obtained was analyzed on IBM's statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 23 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Descriptive statistics were used for qualitative variables. Mean and standard deviation was calculated for quantitative variables. Chi-square test was also applied to assess for significant differences.
Out of 115 participants, 57 (49.6%) were males and 58 (50.4%) were females. Most of the participants (75.7%) agreed that both OSCEs were well-structured. Participants found that both the exams give a good cross-section of paediatrics and allowed them to learn something new (p=0.00). 45% of participants perceived that the end-of-clerkship OSCE exam helped in orienting them for the final professional exam by identifying their weaknesses.
Although the EOC OSCE served as a good preparatory exercise, it did not alleviate the stress levels. However, the results in both OSCEs were comparable and students were satisfied with the current weightage of marks distribution.
本研究旨在了解学生对实习结束考试（EOC）与专业考试客观结构化临床考试（OSCE）有用性的看法，并比较学生在这两种考试中的表现。
我们对在伊斯兰堡法蒂玛医学院（法蒂玛医疗大学）最后一年学习且参加了实习结束考试和最终专业考试的医学生进行了一项横断面研究。该研究于2019年10月进行。数据通过自行编制的问卷收集。还记录了所有参与者的分数。所获得的数据在IBM社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）第23版（IBM，纽约州阿蒙克）上进行分析。定性变量采用描述性统计。定量变量计算均值和标准差。还应用卡方检验来评估显著差异。
在115名参与者中，57名（49.6%）为男性，58名（50.4%）为女性。大多数参与者（75.7%）认为这两种OSCE考试结构良好。参与者发现这两种考试都能很好地涵盖儿科学领域，并且让他们学到了新东西（p = 0.00）。45%的参与者认为实习结束时的OSCE考试通过识别他们的弱点，帮助他们为最终专业考试做好准备。
尽管实习结束时的OSCE考试是一次很好的备考练习，但它并没有减轻压力水平。然而，两种OSCE考试的结果具有可比性，学生对当前的分数分布权重感到满意。
