Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. BackgroundTo provide the reliable and immediate feedback on the medical students' professionalism during the OSCE, we developed a modified Medical Students' professionalism assessment scale (MSPAS) which is relevant in the history taking and physical examination OSCE stations.MethodsWe developed two sets of questionnaires, Medical Students' Professionalism Assessment Scale- History taking (MSPAS-H) and Medical Students' Professionalism Assessment Scale- Physical Examination (MSPAS-PE).The Cronbach's alpha correlation coefficient was calculated to determine the internal consistency and exploratory factor analysis was carried out.ResultsThe Content validity index was calculated by using the expert's rating on relevance and all the 12 items in the MSPAS had above 0.85 of CVI. Reverse scoring was required for item No 4 (MSPAS-H) and item No 5 (MSPAS-PE). The Cronbach's alpha was calculated for reliability and found to have 0.87 for MSPAS-H and 0.92 for MSPAS-PE.DiscussionAll the 6 items in the history taking and 6 items in the physical examination were loaded in each scale with the factor loading of 0.5 and above for all the items. This MSPAS is short and simple scale, it can be completed in a short time period if the simulated patients are provided the proper training on this assessment.
Highlights
Reverse scoring was required for item No 4 (MSPAS-H) and item No 5 (MSPAS-PE)
The total number of 117 students for history taking station and 127 students for physical examination station were assessed their professionalism by the simulated patients
The 6 items in the history taking and 6 items in the physical examination were loaded in each scale with the factor loading of 0.5 and above for all the items
Summary
Professionalism, attitudes for effectively interacting with patients and communication skills are best assessed during actual performance. Examinations that assess skills during actual performance are known as competency-based or performance-based assessments. A standardized scoring tool is used to record what you do or do not do well They are structured meaning every OSCE candidate experiences the same problem, and is asked to perform the same task, within the same timeframe. Assess the ability to apply clinical knowledge and skills and Examination meaning an OSCE enables a reliable assessment of a candidate’s competence (MCC, 2019). To provide the reliable and immediate feedback on the medical students’ professionalism during the OSCE, we developed a modified Medical Students’ professionalism assessment scale (MSPAS) which is relevant in the history taking and physical examination OSCE stations
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