title: OSCE-based Clinical Skill Education for Physical and Occupational Therapists.
abstract: [Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the applicability of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to postgraduate education systems for novice and mid-career therapists in workplaces. [Subjects] Physical and occupational therapists with 1 to 5 years of clinical experience took the OSCE to assess their learning, with a physical or occupational therapy faculty member and a clinical supervisor as examiners. Another clinical supervisor acted as a simulated patient. [Methods] A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to compare skills between before and after OSCE-based learning, and a Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare them between therapists with 1 to 2 years (novice) and 3 to 5 years (mid-career) of clinical experience. [Results] While no experience-related differences were observed in behavioral aspects, mid-career therapists exhibited markedly higher scores compared with novices in technical aspects, such as skills to guide patients for standing up, transfer, and dressing. [Conclusion] The OSCE may be sufficiently applicable to postgraduate education systems in workplaces.
authors.affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Japan ; Fujita Health University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Japan ; Fujita Health University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshikiyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanada
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Health Care Service Facility for the Aged, Tobahouwaen, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.affiliation: Kawamura Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Motoya
authors.affiliation: Tsujimura Surgical Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Japan ; Fujita Health University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Japan ; Fujita Health University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teranishi
authors.affiliation: Tsujimura Surgical Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujimura
authors.affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Japan ; Fujita Health University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Syunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.affiliation: Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okanishi
keywords: Clinical skill; OSCE; Physical and occupational therapists