The implementation and evaluation of an e-Learning training module for objective structured clinical examination raters in Canada.

ABSTRACT: Improving the reliability and consistency of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) raters' marking poses a continual challenge in medical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an e-Learning training module for OSCE raters who participated in the assessment of third-year medical students at the University of Ottawa, Canada. The effects of online training and those of traditional in-person (face-to-face) orientation were compared. Of the 90 physicians recruited as raters for this OSCE, 60 consented to participate (67.7%) in the study in March 2017. Of the 60 participants, 55 rated students during the OSCE, while the remaining 5 were back-up raters. The number of raters in the online training group was 41, while that in the traditional in-person training group was 19

SUBMITTER: Khamisa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194479 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature