Objective assessment of practical skills in finalist veterinary students

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dc.contributor.other International Veterinary Simulation in Teaching Conference (5th : 2017 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.contributor.other University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
dc.contributor.other University of Pretoria. Dept. for Education Innovation
dc.contributor.upauthor Holm, Dietmar Erik
dc.contributor.upauthor Mostert, El-Marie
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-12T09:30:47Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-12T09:30:47Z
dc.date.created 2017
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.description Poster presented at the 5th International Veterinary Simulation in Teaching Conference, 10-12 April 2017, held at the Intundla Conference Venue, Pretoria, South Africa. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) were used to assess practical skills as part of the final examination of veterinary students at the University of Pretoria. A list of 40 practical skills to be assessed was set up by the examination committee in consultation with two external moderators. Examiner training on skills assessment was provided in workshops, following which rubrics for OSCEs were developed through a four-stage revision process. Ten OSCEs were assigned to each of four discipline-based panels, and made available to students two months before the examination. Students were randomly allocated to an examination order in pairs, who then drew cards so that each student attended two panels: either Small Animals or Equines, and either Production Animals or Pathology and Veterinary Public Health. Students who failed one panel were offered an ancillary examination in that panel. Grades for the OSCEs were calculated as the proportion of correctly marked steps adjusted according to the subjective global rating score of the examiner and a critical error penalty. Theoretical knowledge was assessed separately, using Computer-Based Assessment. A total of 276 panels were examined with 20 failures and a mean grade of 85.5% (95% CI 83.3% - 87.6%), independent of whether it was a student’s first, second or ancillary panel (P > 0.37). Subjective examiner scores significantly decreased grades in all panels except Pathology and VPH where subjective scores were higher than in all other panels (P < 0.01), whereas objective scores were only higher than the Production Animal and Small Animal panels. Practical examination grades were not correlated with CBA grades (coefficient 0.08, P = 0.38). It was concluded that a range of practical skills can be assessed accurately and independently of theoretical knowledge using only two OSCE panels per student. en_ZA
dc.description.librarian ab2017 en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored by Virtalis, South Africa. Dept. of Higher Education & Training, Anatomoulds, Veterinary Simulator Industries, National Research Foundation, University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, Zoetis and Breed 'n Betsy en_ZA
dc.format.extent 1 page : color photos, table en_ZA
dc.format.medium PDF en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Holm, D.E. and Mostert, E. 2017. Objective assessment of practical skills in finalist veterinary students. [Poster]. The Fifth International Veterinary Simulation in Teaching Conference, 10-12 April 2017, Pretoria. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61029 en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61029
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Pretoria : University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science en_ZA
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dc.rights ©2017 University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Provided for educational purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science en_ZA
dc.subject Veterinary simulation en_ZA
dc.subject Veterinary medicine -- Study and teaching en_ZA
dc.subject E-learning en_ZA
dc.subject Veterinary medicine training en_ZA
dc.subject Teaching methods en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Teaching -- Aids and devices en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- Study and teaching -- Simulation methods en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Educational technology en_ZA
dc.title Objective assessment of practical skills in finalist veterinary students en_ZA
dc.title.alternative 5th International Veterinary Simulation in Teaching Conference, 2017, Pretoria, South Africa : proceedings en_ZA
dc.title.alternative InVeST proceedings, 10-12 April 2017 en_ZA
dc.type Event en_ZA
dc.type Text en_ZA
dc.type Other en_ZA


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    Proceedings of the 5th International Veterinary Simulation in Teaching Conference held by the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, 10-12 April 2017, Intundla Conference Venue, Pretoria, South Africa.

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