PMID: 11328514May 1, 2001Paper

Examiner fatigue in communication skills objective structured clinical examinations

Medical Education
G M Humphris, S Kaney

Abstract

The assessment of undergraduates' communication skills by means of objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) is a demanding task for examiners. Tiredness over the course of an examining session may introduce systematic error. In addition, unsystematic error may also be present which changes over the duration of the OSCE session. To determine the strength of some sources of systematic and unsystematic error in the assessment of communication skills over the duration of an examination schedule. Undergraduate first-year medical students completing their initial summative assessment of communication skills (a four-station OSCE) comprised the study population. Students from three cohorts were included (1996-98 intake). In all 3 years the OSCE was carried out identically. All stations lasted 5 minutes with a simulated patient. Students were assessed using an examiner (content expert) and a simulated-patient evaluation tool, the Liverpool Communication Skills Assessment Scale (LCSAS) and the Global Simulated-patient Rating Scale (GSPRS), respectively. Each student was assigned a time slot ranging from 1 to 24, where 1, for example, would denote that the student entered the exam first and 24 indicates the final slot for entry ...Continue Reading

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