Assessment methods and the validity and reliability of measurement tools in online objective structured clinical examinations: a systematic scoping review

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has required educators to adapt the in-person objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) to online settings in order for it to remain a critical component of the multifaceted assessment of a student’s competency. This systematic scoping review aimed to summarize the assessment methods and validity and reliability of the measurement tools used in current online OSCE (hereafter, referred to as teleOSCE) approaches. A comprehensive literature review was undertaken following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Articles were eligible if they reported any form of performance assessment, in any field of healthcare, delivered in an online format. Two reviewers indepen

SUBMITTER: Felthun JZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8212027 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature