Examining Skills and Abilities During the Pandemic - Psychology Students' and Examiners' Perceptions of a Digital OSCE.

ABSTRACT: Finding valid and reliable ways to assess complex clinical skills within psychology is a challenge. Recently, there have been some examples of applying Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) in psychology for making such assessments. The aim of this study was to examine students' and examiners' perceptions of a digital OSCE in psychology regarding quality and students' feelings about the OSCE. Participants were 51 students enrolled in the Programme for Master of Science in Clinical Psychology during two semesters and nine examiners assessing each OSCE occasion, at Umeå University, Sweden. Web-based questionnaires were used for data collection. Psychometric analyses indicated that the subscales in the student questionnaire had adequate or close to adequate levels of item and sca

SUBMITTER: Hakelind C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9309587 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature