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Sterz J, Linßen S, Stefanescu MC, et al. Implementation of written structured feedback into a surgical OSCE. BMC Med Educ. 2021;21(1):192doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02581-3.
Sterz, J., Linßen, S., Stefanescu, M. C., Schreckenbach, T., Seifert, L. B., & Ruesseler, M. (2021). Implementation of written structured feedback into a surgical OSCE. BMC medical education, 21(1), 192. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02581-3
Sterz, J, et al. "Implementation of written structured feedback into a surgical OSCE." BMC medical education vol. 21,1 (2021): 192. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02581-3
Sterz J, Linßen S, Stefanescu MC, Schreckenbach T, Seifert LB, Ruesseler M. Implementation of written structured feedback into a surgical OSCE. BMC Med Educ. 2021 Apr 06;21(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02581-3. PMID: 33823844; PMCID: PMC8022414.
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BMC Med Educ. 2021 Apr 06;21(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02581-3.

Implementation of written structured feedback into a surgical OSCE.

BMC medical education

J Sterz, S Linßen, M C Stefanescu, T Schreckenbach, L B Seifert, M Ruesseler

Affiliations

  1. Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany.
  2. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany.
  3. Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany.
  4. Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 33823844 PMCID: PMC8022414 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02581-3

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Feedback is an essential element of learning. Despite this, students complain about receiving too little feedback in medical examinations, e.g., in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). This study aims to implement a written structured feedback tool for use in OSCEs and to analyse the attitudes of students and examiners towards this kind of feedback.

METHODS: The participants were OSCE examiners and third-year medical students. This prospective study was conducted using a multistage design. In the first step, an unstructured interrogation of the examiners formed the basis for developing a feedback tool, which was evaluated and then adopted in the next steps.

RESULTS: In total, 351 students and 51 examiners participated in this study. A baseline was created for each category of OSCE station and was supplemented with station-specific items. Each of these items was rated on a three-point scale. In addition to the preformulated answer options, each domain had space for individual comments. A total of 87.5% of the students and 91.6% of the examiners agreed or rather agreed that written feedback should continue to be used in upcoming OSCEs.

CONCLUSION: The implementation of structured, written feedback in a curricular, summative examination is possible, and examiners and students would like the feedback to be constant.

Keywords: OSCE; Structured written feedback; Surgery; Undergraduate medical education

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