Teaching musculoskeletal examination skills by trained patient educators produced no significant OSCE score difference compared with physician teaching¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Three studies comparing patient-educator-taught with physician-taught candidates found no significant difference in OSCE scores between the two groups. → El Sherif Reem 2024

Evidence¶

El Sherif Reem 2024¶

El Sherif Reem, Shrier Ian, Paul-Tellier Pierre, Rodriguez Charo. (2024). What do we know about Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Sport and Exercise Medicine? A scoping review. Canadian Medical Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.77841

q3 · i? · review · r2

Synthesis of three included studies (including RCTs by Oswald, Raj, and Smith) comparing patient educators with physician tutors on MSK OSCE scores. The review reports "no significant difference in OSCE scores between the two groups"; no effect size is printed and equivalence was not proven.

"Three studies compared the OSCE scores of candidates taught by patients trained in MSK examination skills (patient educators) with candidates taught by physicians. All three studies reported no significant difference in OSCE scores between the two groups."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Candidates receiving additional musculoskeletal training (lectures, workshops, video, spaced education, or SCIM) scored higher or similar on OSCEs compared with controls — related
• Only a small fraction of published OSCE research in musculoskeletal and sport medicine was actually conducted in a Sport and Exercise Medicine setting — related
• Evidence for improved OSCE performance from GTA training is mixed, and the evidence base relies heavily on self-reported, short-term, single-centre measures — related