Does voluntary practice improve the outcome of an OSCE in undergraduate medical studies? A Propensity Score Matching approach.

ABSTRACT: In Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE), students have to demonstrate proficiency in a wide array of medical knowledge and different skills, ranging from physical examinations to medical-practical skills and doctor-patient interactions. In this study, we empirically test the concept 'assessment drives learning' and investigate whether an OSCE motivates extracurricular, voluntary free practice (FP) of specific skills in a Skills Lab, and whether this has positive treatment effects on exam success in the respective parts of the OSCE. To explore causal inference with observational data, we used Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to generate a control and a treatment group that only differed in their practice behavior. For internal examinations and practical skills such as venous cat

SUBMITTER: Tsikas SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500970 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature