Introduction: Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS)is a way of evaluating procedural skills through observation inthe workplace. The purpose of this study was to assess the role ofDOPS in teaching and assessment of postgraduate students and toknow the effect of repeated DOPS on improvement of the skillsand confidence of the students.Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the ...

INTRODUCTION Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) is a way of evaluating procedural skills through observation in the workplace. The purpose of this study was to assess the role of DOPS in teaching and assessment of postgraduate students and to know the effect of repeated DOPS on improvement of the skills and confidence of the students. METHODS In both phases, significant difference...

background: learning of clinical skills in the intensive care unit (icu) is important for nursing students. “direct observation of procedural skills (dops)” is a modified objective method in the field of medical sciences, and we conducted this study with the aim of investigating the effect of evaluation using dops method on learning practical skills among nursing students in the icu. materials ...

Background: Evaluation is one of the most important aspects of medical education. Thus, new methods of effective evaluation are required in this area, and direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) is one of these methods. This study was conducted to systematically review the evidence involved in this type of assessment to allow the effective use of this method.    Methods: Data ...

background and purpose:  student assessment is an important issue in medical education. it is necessary to use objective, valid and reliable assessment methods that are appropriate to the learning objectives and domain.the objectives of this study were 1- development of the dops test (direct observation procedural skills) and identification of its validity, reliability and acceptability. 2- eva...

introduction: direct observation of procedural skills (dops) is a way of evaluating procedural skills through observation in the workplace. the purpose of this study was to assess the role of dops in teaching and assessment of postgraduate students and to know the effect of repeated dops on improvement of the skills and confidence of the students. methods: this prospective study was conducted i...

Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) is a new workplace assessment tool. The aim of this narrative review of literature is to summarize the available evidence about the validity, reliability, feasibility, acceptability and educational impact of DOPS. A PubMed database and Google search of the literature on DOPS published from January 2000 to January 2012 was conducted which yielded 30...

PURPOSE The efficacy and sufficiency of a healthcare system is directly related to the knowledge and skills of graduates working in the system. In this regard, many different assessment methods have been proposed to evaluate various skills of the learners. Video Observation of Procedural Skills (VOPS) is one newly-proposed method. In this study we aimed to compare the results of the VOPS method...

THE EFFECT OF DIRECT OBSERVATION PROCEDURAL SKILLS (DOPS) METHOD ON CLINICAL PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION NURSING STUDENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS