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Inter-Rater Reliability in a Pre-Graduation Nursing Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Kappa and Prevalence-Adjusted Bias-Adjusted Kappa Comparison of Technical Skill and Communication Items.
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- Perceptions of Nursing Undergraduates Regarding Their Clinical Placements: A Qualitative Interpretative Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
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Background: Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) are widely used to assess nursing students' clinical skills. However, ensuring consistent scoring between examiners remains difficult, particularly for subjective areas such as communication. Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate inter-rater agreement between two faculty examiners in a pre-graduation OSCE recommended for final-year pre-registration nursing students in Japan, comparing technical skill stations with communication-focused stations. Methods: A total of 90 final-year nursing students completed two OSCE stations: one assessing technical procedures, the other assessing communication and patient education. Two examiners independently scored each aspect of performance using binary checklists. Inter-rater agreement was calculated using Cohen's kappa and prevalence- and bias-adjusted kappa. Results: Higher inter-rater agreement was found for psychomotor items (e.g., auscultation) than for verbal or empathy-based items. In the technical station, agreement improved across successive circuits, suggesting examiner calibration. In contrast, in the communication station, agreement remained consistently low. Empathy-related items showed the greatest discrepancy between kappa and prevalence- and bias-adjusted kappa, highlighting challenges in evaluating subjective skills. Conclusions: OSCE inter-rater reliability was higher for objective technical skills than for subjective communication skills and empathy-related behaviors, among pre-registration nursing students. Implications for Practice: Improving checklist clarity and providing targeted examiner training for communication and empathy-related items may enhance the reliability of OSCE scoring in nursing education.
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