An evaluation of the Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination (TOSCE) |
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Authors: | Singleton A Smith F Harris T Ross-Harper R Hilton S |
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Institution: | Division of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the validity, reliability and feasibility of the TOSCE, a new means of formative assessment for medical students, from the perspectives of examiners, simulated patients and students. DESIGN: Teams of five students rotate through five clinical stations, performing one of four tasks in turn, whilst the fifth member of the team 'rests'. SETTING: St George's Hospital Medical School, London. SUBJECTS: Third-year medical students, their examiners and simulated patients. RESULTS: All participants felt the TOSCE session had high validity although some students were unfamiliar with some subjects. Stations were double-marked and agreement rates and Cohen's Kappa ranged from 67 to 94% and 0.04-0.88, respectively. Analysis of the causes of disagreement led to improved marking schedules and enhanced reliability. CONCLUSIONS: The feasibility of the exercise as a formative assessment was demonstrated by the confidence of the staff participating both as examiners and simulated patients and from the majority of students who welcomed the learning experience. |
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Keywords: | Education measurement education medical undergraduate methods evaluation studies patient simulation physical examination |
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