Development of a Mental Health Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): A Pilot Study. (August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stockmann, Cherrill; Diaz, Desiree A.; Murphy, Debra; Dever, Kimberly; Marchini, Michelle; Huffman-Frazee, Jodi; Anderson, Mindi
• Is Part Of: Simulation & gaming. Volume 50:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 448
• Page End: 460
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Subjects: clinical competence -- nursing education -- OSCE -- reliability -- validity; Social sciences -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Simulation methods -- Periodicals; Game theory -- Periodicals; Sciences sociales -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques; Simulation, Méthodes de -- Périodiques; Jeu de rôle -- Périodiques; Éducation; Jeu d'entreprise; Jeu de simulation; Méthode de simulation; Sciences sociales; Théorie des jeux; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 003.3
• DOI: 10.1177/1046878119866878
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1046-8781

Abstract

Background. An Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE ) is an effective means for clinical evaluation related toclinical competence . Historically, clinical assessment is based on direct observation which can be rooted in subjectivity. Evidence is minimal regarding psychometric properties of anOSCE in undergraduate mental healthnursing education, although established as a valid measure ofclinical competence . Method. A pilot study was conducted with a convenience sample of 13 sixth semester nursing students to evaluate thevalidity andreliability of anOSCE framework designed to assess undergraduate mental health nursing students'clinical competence . The research questions asked: What are the psychometric properties of a mental healthOSCE developed for undergraduatenursing education ? How do students perceive theOSCE ? Results. Preliminaryvalidity andreliability measures were established, including content and criterion validities and inter-raterreliability . Students perceived theOSCE as both a beneficial and challenging learning experience. Conclusion. TheOSCE was initially established as a valid, reliable tool for the assessment ofclinical competence in undergraduate mental healthnursing education . This evaluation method may be used to objectively assess mental health nursing knowledge, skills, and attitudes in conjunction with existing clinical assessment methods to provide a valid, reliable measure ofclinical competence . More testing is needed.