Use of an OSCE in education for radiation therapists.
Concern about current clinical evaluation methods assuring attainment of basic clinical skills by radiation therapy students stimulated a project to design, develop, implement and evaluate an Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE). The results suggest that the OSCE is a worthwhile, practical and effective clinical evaluation method for assessing basic clinical skills of radiation therapy students.
Lindsey
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School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
Stritter
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D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005178:Faculty; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D011878:Radiotherapy; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education*