Is OSCE valid for evaluation of the six ACGME general competencies?

Is OSCE valid for evaluation of the six ACGME general competencies?

Assessment of clinical competencies by using objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is one of the current mainstreams in medical education. According to the concept of Miller’s pyramid, OSCE is defined as an assessment method belonging to the entity of “shows how”, i.e. an assessment method designed for the evaluation of clinical skills. In this issue of the Journal of the Chinese Med...

the evaluation and comparison of two esp textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): Is it a reliable and valid method in evaluating the knowledge and clinical practice of midwifery students?

Background: Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is one of the best methods for evaluating the achievement of educational objectives and cognitive, emotional and psycho-motor aspects of medical students. The main purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of OSCE method in evaluating knowledge and clinical practices of midwifery students in the courses of ph...

study of cohesive devices in the textbook of english for the students of apsychology by rastegarpour

this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...

ACGME core competencies: Who knows what and does it matter?