Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm IAME, F-75018 Paris, France.
Emergency Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital AP-HP, Paris, France.
Med Educ Online. 2022 Dec;27(1):2084261. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2084261.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led health schools to cancel many on-site training and exams. Teachers were looking for the best option to carry out online OSCEs, and Zoom was the obvious choice since many schools have used it to pursue education purposes.
We conducted a feasibility study during the 2020-2021 college year divided into six pilot phases and the large-scale eOSCEs on Zoom on June 30th, 2021. We developed a specific application allowing us to mass create Zoom meetings and built an entire organization, including a technical support system (an SOS room and catching-up rooms) and teachers' training sessions. We assessed satisfaction via an online survey.
On June 30th, 531/794 fifth-year medical students (67%) participated in a large-scale mock exam distributed in 135 Zoom meeting rooms with the mobilization of 298 teachers who either participated in the Zoom meetings as standardized patients (N =135, 45%) or examiners (N =135, 45%) or as supervisors in the catching-up rooms (N =16, 6%) or the SOS room (N =12, 4%). In addition, 32/270 teachers (12%) experienced difficulties connecting to their Zoom meetings and sought the help of an SOS room member. Furthermore, 40/531 students (7%) were either late to their station or had technical difficulties and declared those issues online and were welcomed in one of the catching-up rooms to perform their eOSCE stations. Additionally, 518/531 students (98%) completed the entire circuit of three stations, and 225/531 students (42%) answered the online survey. Among them, 194/225 (86%) found eOSCES helpful for training and expressed their satisfaction with this experience.
Organizing large-scale eOSCEs on Zoom is feasible with the appropriate tools. In addition, eOCSEs should be considered complementary to on-site OSCEs and to train medical students in telemedicine.
COVID-19 大流行导致许多医学校取消了许多现场培训和考试。教师们正在寻找进行在线客观结构化临床考试（OSCE）的最佳选择，而 Zoom 是明显的选择，因为许多学校已经使用它来开展教育工作。
我们在 2020-2021 学年进行了一项可行性研究，分为六个试点阶段，并于 2021 年 6 月 30 日在 Zoom 上进行了大规模的电子 OSCE。我们开发了一个特定的应用程序，允许我们大规模创建 Zoom 会议，并建立了一个完整的组织，包括一个技术支持系统（一个 SOS 房间和补课房间）和教师培训课程。我们通过在线调查评估了满意度。
6 月 30 日，531/794 名五年级医学生（67%）参加了一项大规模模拟考试，该考试分布在 135 个 Zoom 会议室中，动员了 298 名教师，他们要么作为标准化患者（N=135，45%），要么作为考官（N=135，45%），要么作为补课房间（N=16，6%）或 SOS 房间（N=12，4%）的成员参加了 Zoom 会议。此外，32/270 名教师（12%）在连接到他们的 Zoom 会议时遇到困难，并寻求 SOS 房间成员的帮助。此外，40/531 名学生（7%）迟到或有技术问题，并在线宣布这些问题，并在补课房间之一中被欢迎进行电子 OSCE 站的考试。此外，518/531 名学生（98%）完成了三个站点的整个考试流程，531 名学生中有 225 名（42%）填写了在线调查。其中，225/225 名（91%）学生认为电子 OSCE 有助于培训，并对这一体验表示满意。
使用适当的工具在 Zoom 上组织大规模的电子 OSCE 是可行的。此外，电子 OSCE 应被视为现场 OSCE 的补充，并用于培训医学生进行远程医疗。
