OSCE validity correlations with other measures range from very weak to strong, suggesting OSCEs resemble narrow course examinations more than broad clinical practice¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (3 entries) · associational r1 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: tool and model accuracy changes quickly

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Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Supervised clinical practice performance correlated very weakly with OSCE scores (Spearman ρ = -0.13 in 48 postgrad students). → Bobos Pavlos 2021 q2 i3 OSCE scores correlated very strongly with the final course grade (Pearson r = 0.78) and moderately with total GPA (r = 0.44) in 66 postgrad students. → Bobos Pavlos 2021 (2) q2 i? A simulated OSCE correlated very weakly with a traditional non-OSCE examination (Pearson = -0.1) in 47 undergrad students. → Bobos Pavlos 2021 (3)

Evidence¶

Bobos Pavlos 2021¶

Bobos Pavlos, Pouliopoulou Dimitra V., Harriss Alexandra, Sadi Jackie, Rushton Alison, MacDermid Joy C. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of measurement properties of objective structured clinical examinations used in physical therapy licensure and a structured review of licensure practices in countries with well-developed regulation systems. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255696

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Single cross-sectional study (Wessel et al. 2002) correlating an eight-station real-life OSCE with supervised clinical practice scores. It "found a very weak correlation of ρ = -0.13". No standardised effect size beyond the correlation coefficient was printed.

"used Spearman Rank correlation (ρ) to describe the association between 48 postgrad physical therapy students’ scores across an eight-station real life OSCE examination and their performance scores obtained during supervised clinical practice and found a very weak correlation of ρ = -0.13."

Bobos Pavlos 2021 (2)¶

q2 · i3 · quant-synthesis · r1

Single cross-sectional study (Gorman et al. 2010) correlating OSCE scores with course grade and GPA. The printed effect sizes were Pearson r = 0.78 ("0.78 indicating very strong correlation") with the course grade and Pearson r = 0.44 ("0.44 indicating moderate correlation") with GPA.

"compared 66 postgrad physical therapy students’ OSCE score across an eight-station format of a real-life course examination, to their final grade in stated course and to their total GPAs and found a Pearson’s correlation of 0.78 indicating very strong correlation and a Pearson’s correlation of 0.44 indicating moderate correlation respectively."

Bobos Pavlos 2021 (3)¶

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Single cross-sectional simulation study (Silva et al. 2011) comparing a six-station simulated OSCE with a traditional exam in 47 undergrad students. "Pearson’s correlation was = -0.1 indicating a very weak correlation". No standardised effect size beyond the correlation was printed.

"Silva et al. 2011 [22] compared the six-station simulated OSCE examination scores of 47 undergrad students with their scores of a traditional exam including four theoretical and one practical question. Pearson’s correlation was = -0.1 indicating a very weak correlation."

Discussion¶

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