Requirement of objective structured teaching evaluation (OSTE) use for general practice trainers and station design

Abstract

Objective To survey the requirement of objective structured teaching evaluation (OSTE) use for general practice (GP) trainers and the station design. Methods A questionnaire survey on the requirement of OSTE use was conducted among 161 hospital trainers and 110 community trainers from a national key GP trainers training workship in April 2016. The survey included basic information, OSTE use requirements, frequency of teaching scenarios, and frequency of teaching methods. Results The survey showed that 86.3% (234/271) of trainers were willing to use OSTE for assessing teaching competence and 92.3% (250/271) for training teaching competence. The proportion of having been observed and being given feedback from superior trainers for teaching process was higher in hospital trainers than that in community trainers [68.3% (110/161) vs. 40.9% (45/110) , χ2=20.060, P 0.01). In the part of frequency of teaching methods, the proportion of often plus always was higher in clinical supervisor′s report [60.9%(165/271)], applied knowledge test [52.4%(142/271)] and problem-based learning [38.0%(103/271)]; there were no significant differences in above questions between the two types of trainers (all P>0.01). Conclusion The requirements of assessment and training by using OSTE are strong in GP trainers. The OSTE stations should be designed based on the routine teaching scenarios and methods for both hospital trainers and community trainers without discriminations. Key words: General practice trainer; OSTE; Needs analysis