Abstract
BackgroundMultimedia learning has been shown effective in clinical skills training. Yet, use of technology presents both opportunities and challenges to learners. The present study investigated student use and perceptions of online clinical videos for learning clinical skills and in preparing for OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination). This study aims to inform us how to make more effective us of these resources.MethodsA mixed-methods study was conducted for this study. A 30-items questionnaire was administered to investigate student use and perceptions of OSCE videos. Year 3 and 4 students from 34 Korean medical schools who had access to OSCE videos participated in the online survey. Additionally, a semi-structured interview of a group of Year 3 medical students was conducted for an in-depth understanding of student experience with OSCE videos.Results411 students from 31 medical schools returned the questionnaires; a majority of them found OSCE videos effective for their learning of clinical skills and in preparing for OSCE. The number of OSCE videos that the students viewed was moderately associated with their self-efficacy and preparedness for OSCE (p < 0.05). One-thirds of those surveyed accessed the video clips using mobile devices; they agreed more with the statement that it was convenient to access the video clips than their peers who accessed the videos using computers (p < 0.05). Still, students reported lack of integration into the curriculum and lack of interaction as barriers to more effective use of OSCE videos.ConclusionsThe present study confirms the overall positive impact of OSCE videos on student learning of clinical skills. Having faculty integrate these learning resources into their teaching, integrating interactive tools into this e-learning environment to foster interactions, and using mobile devices for convenient access are recommended to help students make more effective use of these resources.
Highlights
Multimedia learning has been shown effective in clinical skills training
In terms of the benefits of OSCE videos on student learning, the present study investigated the impact of using OSCE videos on factors that are known to be associated with student performance in OSCE
Having participants divided into three age groups (1 = years or younger, 2 = between and 30, 3 = over 30), there were no differences in the distributions of the number of OSCE videos viewed across all the age groups (χ2 = 8.12, df = 10, p = 0.62)
Summary
Multimedia learning has been shown effective in clinical skills training. Yet, use of technology presents both opportunities and challenges to learners. The present study investigated student use and perceptions of online clinical videos for learning clinical skills and in preparing for OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination). Medical schools offer OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) to evaluate students for their clinical skills and they spend a significant amount of time self-studying clinical skills [1]. It is important that medical schools offer students learning resources to support their self-study of clinical skills. Video demonstrations of clinical skills have shown to improve learning of clinical skills [4,5,6,7,8,9,10] and medical students appreciate the availability of such learning resources [11,12] Educational videos afford us “to capitalize on the ability of moving images to teach procedures requiring skilled techniques and specialized physical examination [3].” video demonstrations of clinical skills have shown to improve learning of clinical skills [4,5,6,7,8,9,10] and medical students appreciate the availability of such learning resources [11,12]
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