THE STUDENT VOICE TO IMPROVE OSCE

Background: Nursing education is not only about cognitive field but also include the affective and psychomotor domains. Nursing involves hands-on psychomotor skills and clinical decisions in the affective and psychomotor domains which needs to be evaluate in a method that cover both domains. The most important goal of students assessment is promoting learning process and improvement of educational programs quality. through different methods of assessment OSCE(An objective structured clinical examination) could be mentioned as an appropriate way for evaluating the medical students specially nursing students.it is undeniable that the students attitude toward evaluation methods, as a main client of education programs, could be highly effective and valuable for educational systems
objective: present study is conducted to investigate the students views toward OSCE, to find out the present problems in this evaluation method.
Design: A qualitative, exploratory study.
Methods: For this qualitative study, twenty-five students who experienced OSCEin their university were selected purposively. The data were collected by using semi structured interviews. The interviews were verbatim transcribed and analyzed according to the qualitative content analysis based on Graneheim and Lundman method.
Findings: Two main themes emerging during data analysis were: 1- Management aspects problem, that includes 3 categories: 1) supervisors behavior, 2) time management,3) Facilities, and 2- Educational aspects problem including three categories of 1) Simulation, 2) Educational background, 3) Question design which are key factors in conducting a more rational and helpful OSCE exam.
Conclusion: the result of the present study could be highly effective in promoting both clinical skills evaluation and educational programs. Using this kind of methods requires revision on education method, using more student-center methods in teaching and providing facilities to bring students to the real world of profession helping them to improve their ability in clinical decision making for their career prospect.