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Does this OSCE works?

Introduction: In a year 2003 in Croatia started a project “Family medicine vocational training harmonization with european standards bringing in the obligatory vocational training”. Trainees who started vocational training within that project had they final family medicine specialist exam in November 2005. Final Family medicine specialists exam consists of:written part (125 questions, type of multiple choice questions, questions with associated answers) ; OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) ; and oral exam (in front of tree man commission). Objective: To evaluate the results of OSCE assessment instrument, to see if there is some space for quality improvement. Results: 25 observers on every OSCE station, exept rest stations, carried the assessment out using the assessment instrument – the mark sheets. Since there were 27 stations with 78 candidates, 1910 mark sheets were analysed in two dimensions: percentage of maximum of global marks per candidate and percentage of global marks per stations.Pass mark of 70% was agreed, resulting in 4 failures (5%), 48 candidates which was 62% of all, achieved results in between 70-80%, 25 candidates which is 32% of all, achieved results in between 80-90%, 1 candidate achieved 95%. All of three groups achieved similar results, there are only minor differencies (stations breast exam, sterile field preparation, glucometer). Conclusion: Results indicated some space for quality improvement. There was a need for careful revision between person responsible for station setting, examiners-observers and candidates.

OSCE; family medicine; final specialist exam

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