Piloting the use of objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) to assess undergraduate medical students' clinical competence in psychiatry in Zimbabwe. (August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ruwizhu, Tatenda; Nyamukapa, Ropafadzo; Mazhandu, Fungisai; Mutambara, Julia; Mangezi, Walter; Whitwell, Susannah
• Is Part Of: BJPsych international. Volume 19:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 75
• Page End: 77
• Publication Date: 2022-08
• Subjects: Low- and middle-income countries -- curriculum development -- collaboration -- undergraduate education and training -- medical students; Psychiatry, Transcultural -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Comparative psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1192/bji.2021.49
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4740

Abstract

Abstract : This report describes a pilot project which involved undergraduate medical students' clinical competence in psychiatry assessed through objective structured clinical examinations for the first time in Zimbabwe. The pilot describes how gaps in medical education can be addressed by collaborative partnerships that allow sharing of knowledge by local institutions and international experts.