Sergey Malykh, Yulia Kuzmina, Tatiana Tikhomirova
Developmental Changes in ANS Precision Across Grades 1-9: Different Patterns of Accuracy and Reaction Time
Frontiers in psychology
value formative objective structured clinical examinations osces preclinical years medical education remains unclear aimed assess effectiveness formative osce program medical students preclinical years subsequent performance summative osce conducted nonrandomized controlled prospective pilot study included medical students last year preclinical cycle universit pariscit medical school france 2021 intervention group received formative osce program consisted four osce sessions followed debriefing feedback whereas control group received standard teaching program main objective formative osce program develop skills taking structured medical history communication participants took final summative osce primary endpoint summative osce mark group questionnaire also administered interventiongroup students collect feedback qualitative analysis using convenience sample conducted gathering data pertaining process onsite participative observation formative osce program twenty students included intervention group 776 control group observed significant improvement successive formative osce session communication skills taking structured medical history p00001 skills students intervention group performed better summative osce assessed structuring medical history median mark 1620 iqr 15 17 versus 1420 13 16 respectively p 0012 adjusted analyses gave similar results students intervention group reported feeling improved competence reduced level stress time evaluation supported qualitative data showing benefits formative sessions findings suggest early formative osce program suitable preclinical years medical education associated improved student performance domains targeted program