Shu-Yu Cheng, Hsia-Ling Tai, Tsung-Teng Wang
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children's Fundamental Motor Skills: A Study for the Taiwanese Preschoolers Teachers
International journal of environmental research and public health
objective structured clinical examinations osces common form assessment used across medical schools uk assess clinical competence practical skills traditionally held inperson format past medical students often prepared exams inperson peerassisted learning pal however due recent covid19 pandemic many inperson teaching sessions transitioned onlinebased formats currently paucity research utility virtual pal osce sessions thus carried national pilot study determine feasibility virtual osce teaching via feedback participants examiners total 85 students 19 ukbased medical schools eight students based internationally attended series online osce workshops delivered via zoom students examiners completed feedback questionnaire end session regarding parameters included questions preand postworkshop confidence three osce domains historytaking communication data interpretation likert scale using 5 likert items used selfreport confidence results analysed using mannwhitney u test assessing normality using shapirowilk test results student feedback showed increase confidence three osce domains event p 0001 694 agreeing strongly agreeing online osce sessions could sufficiently prepare inperson exams questionnaire feedback revealed 976 students 867 examiners agreed virtual osce teaching would useful preparing inperson osce examinations pandemic participants virtual osce sessions reported improvement confidence historytaking communication data interpretation skills participants examiners also experienced inperson osce examinations majority also reported found virtual osce sessions engaging interactive inperson teaching study demonstrated virtual osce workshops feasible option potential beneficial beyond pandemic however studies required assess overall impact student learning determine value virtual osce workshops exam performance