Mariwan Qadir Hamarash, Marghoob Hussein Yaas, Osama Ismael Almushhadany, Radhwan Hussein Ibrahim
Preceptoring of Graduate Nursing Students in Iraq
Advances in medical education and practice
objective structured clinical examination osce effective assessment method evaluate medical students clinical competencies performance postgraduate year 1 pgy1 residents initiated general medicine training program taiwan since 2003 however little known learning effectiveness trainees program pilot study aimed evaluate clinical core competencies pgy1 residents using osce reflect strengths weaknesses pilot assessment project osce conducted five pgy1 examinees 4 men 1 woman five stations covering core themes including history taking physical examination clinical procedure airway intubation clinical reasoning communication skills informing bad news itemized checklists fivepoint likert scale global ratings used evaluating performance results showed performance pgy1 residents history taking significantly better 2 months postgraduate training general internal medicine selfevaluation performance examinees revealed significantly lower global ratings postcourse osce 414 080 vs 368 066 p 002 surveys tutors standardized patients sps completed pre postcourse osces showed consistently favorable responses purposes content process environment assessment 40 017 vs 40 012 nonsignificant however survey examinees completed pre postcourse osces showed relatively unfavorable responses aspects tutors sps 41 009 vs 37 018 p 005 qualitative information revealed tutors sps remarked pgy1 residents medical knowledge performance satisfactory clinical reasoning performance communication skills giving bad news selfconfidence unsatisfactory conclusion pilot study demonstrated osce rational feasible assessment method evaluating effectiveness pgy general medicine training program quantitative data qualitative information provide foundation improve quality program design evaluation implementing postgraduate general medicine training