What is the value of simulated patient assessment in structured clinical examinations of undergraduate students, and how should it be used?

European Journal of Dental Education : Official Journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
Kamran AliJ Cockerill

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore correlations between clinical assessor and simulated patient (SP) scores drawn from summative Integrated Structured Clinical Examination (ISCE) and inform the best use of SP scores in future assessments. This retrospective study explores summative clinical assessor and formative SP numeric scores drawn from summative ISCE assessments spanning three academic years (2017-18 to 2019-20). Analyses were carried out using R 3.5.1 (R Core Team, 2018), with the stats package. The sample consisted of 169 final-year BDS students across the three cohorts and included 95 females (56.2%) and 74 males (43.8%). Data from eight substations where SPs were included, were explored. Kendall's Tau, a non-parametric correlation, was used to investigate the relationships between the assessor and SP scores. Clinical assessor scores were out of a total of 20 points across various assessed domains within each substation. The formative SP assessment was out of 10 points with the same five affective domains related to communication included in each substation. Overall, the assessor and patient substation scores were not correlated (τ = 0.04, p = .272) indicating that communication skills alone, as assessed by patients,...Continue Reading

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