Medical Interns Perception of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination of Surgery Courses in Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran in ۲۰۰۹۲۰۱۳

Background & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran about objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in surgery during the years ۲۰۰۹۲۰۱۳   Methods: This was a descriptiveanalytic study A researchermade questionnaire was distributed among the students immediately after the final OSCE of the surgery course and their perception about the different aspects of this examination was assessed in the form of ۵point Likert scales Data analysis was performed by Stata SE software All values of P were considered significance if P < ۰۰۵   Results: In ۱۶۴ medical students who filled out the questionnaires the frequency of satisfaction of students were: ۴۶% with the examination location ۳۵۸% with the type of questions at each station ۳۹۷% with fairness and rationality of questions and ۲۹۴% with suitability of time allocated to stations ۳۵۴% with standardized patients (SP) ۴۷۸% with supervisors ۶۲۳% anxiety effect and ۳۵۳% overall satisfaction with the examination was reported at high or very high level Overall satisfaction of students had a significant relationship with anxiety examination location type and fairness of the questions time allocated to stations functions of SPs and supervisors (P < ۰۰۵)   Conclusion: Overall these students perceived the OSCE as a suitable method to assess their clinical skills Surgery is an important and critical course in the training of medical students and accurate evaluation of clinical competences of trainees in this course should be performed with appropriate examinations like OSCE Therefore continuous quality improvement of these exams effective feedback to the students and implementation of educational workshops for them during the course can be useful

Keywords:

Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) , medical student , Perception