ArticlePloS one2020
Relationships between objective structured clinical examination, computer-based testing, and clinical clerkship performance in Japanese medical students.
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Abstract
backgroundIt is unclear how comprehensive evaluations conducted prior to clinical clerkships (CC), such as the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) and computer-based testing (CBT), reflect the performance of medical students in CC. Here we retrospectively analyzed correlations between OSCE and CBT scores and CC performance.
methodsEthical approval was obtained from our institutional review board. We analyzed correlations between OSCE and CBT scores and CC performance in 94 medical students who took the OSCE and CBT in 2017 when they were 4th year students, and who participated in the basic CC in 2018 when they were 5th year students.
resultsTotal scores for OSCE and CBT were significantly correlated with CC performance (P<0.001, each). More specifically, medical interview and chest examination components of the OSCE were significantly correlated with CC performance (P = 0.001, each), while the remaining five components of the OSCE were not.
conclusionOur findings suggest that the OSCE and CBT play important roles in predicting CC performance in Japanese medical education context. Among OSCE components, medical interview and chest examination were suggested to be important for predicting CC performance.
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