Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice
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Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract · Jan 2003
Multicenter StudyA sequenced OSCE for licensure: administrative issues, results and myths.
In response to stakeholder demands for a more cost-effective clinical examination, the Medical Council of Canada adopted a sequenced format for the OSCE component of its licensure examination. The sequenced OSCE was administered in 1997 at 14 sites and assessed 1,796 test takers. The 10-station screening test had an alpha = 0.66 (M = 61.3%, SD = 4.7%). ⋯ The logistical problems that were encountered were largely due to the constraints of administering a multi-site OSCE. Although the sequenced format was cost effective and psychometrically acceptable, the response of many test takers and faculty members was negative. Consequently, it is the logistical and political lessons that may be the most generalizable.