Awarding global grades in OSCEs: Evaluation of a novel eLearning resource for OSCE examiners

Gerard J. Gormley; Jennifer L. Johnston; Clare Thomson; Kieran J. Mcglade

doi:10.3109/0142159x.2012.682745

Awarding global grades in OSCEs: Evaluation of a novel eLearning resource for OSCE examiners

Gerard J. Gormley
, Jennifer L. Johnston
, Clare Thomson
, Kieran J. Mcglade

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Abstract

Background: A novel online resource has been developed to aid OSCE examiner training comprising a series of videos of OSCE performances that allow inter-examiner comparison of global grade decisions.

Aims: To evaluate this training resource in terms of usefulness and ability to improve examiner confidence in awarding global grades in OSCEs.

Method: Data collected from the first 200 users included global grades awarded, willingness to change grades following peer comparison and confidence in awarding grades before and after training.

Results: Most (86.5%) agreed that the resource was useful in developing global grade scoring ability in OSCEs, with a significant improvement in confidence in awarding grades after using the training package (p < 0.001).Conclusions: This is a useful and effective online training package. As an adjunct to traditional training it offers a practical solution to the problem of availability of examiners.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	587-589
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Teacher
Volume	34
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159x.2012.682745
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2012

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