Performance-Based Assessment of Clinical Ethics Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Performance-Based Assessment of Clinical Ethics Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Final-year Ontario medical students (n=88) took a 4-station objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) using standardized patients and involving decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment. Performance was scored on a checklist of behaviors unique to each case. Results indicated that because...

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Veröffentlicht in:Academic Medicine 1996-05, Vol.71 (5), p.495-8
1. Verfasser: Singer, Peter A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bioethics
Canada
Clinical Experience
Competency Based Education
Educational Measurement
Ethics
Ethics, Medical - education
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Humans
Medical Education
Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Ontario
Professional Competence
Professional Education
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Standardized Patients
Students, Medical - psychology
Test Format
Test Reliability
Testing
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Zusammenfassung:Final-year Ontario medical students (n=88) took a 4-station objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) using standardized patients and involving decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment. Performance was scored on a checklist of behaviors unique to each case. Results indicated that because of low reliability, the OSCE is not a feasible stand-alone method for summative evaluation of clinical ethics. (Author/MSE)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-199605000-00021