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Shaiba LA, Alnamnakani MA, Temsah MH, et al. Medical Faculty's and Students' Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia. Healthcare (Basel). 2021;9(8)doi: 10.3390/healthcare9080950.
Shaiba, L. A., Alnamnakani, M. A., Temsah, M. H., Alamro, N., Alsohime, F., Alrabiaah, A., Alanazi, S. N., Alhasan, K., Alherbish, A., Mobaireek, K. F., Bashiri, F. A., & AlRuthia, Y. (2021). Medical Faculty's and Students' Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 9(8), . https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080950
Shaiba, Lana A, et al. "Medical Faculty's and Students' Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia." Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) vol. 9,8 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080950
Shaiba LA, Alnamnakani MA, Temsah MH, Alamro N, Alsohime F, Alrabiaah A, Alanazi SN, Alhasan K, Alherbish A, Mobaireek KF, Bashiri FA, AlRuthia Y. Medical Faculty's and Students' Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia. Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jul 28;9(8). doi: 10.3390/healthcare9080950. PMID: 34442087; PMCID: PMC8393546.
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Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jul 28;9(8). doi: 10.3390/healthcare9080950.

Medical Faculty's and Students' Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

Lana A Shaiba, Mahdi A Alnamnakani, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Nurah Alamro, Fahad Alsohime, Abdulkarim Alrabiaah, Shahad N Alanazi, Khalid Alhasan, Adi Alherbish, Khalid F Mobaireek, Fahad A Bashiri, Yazed AlRuthia

Affiliations

  1. College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  2. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  3. General Pediatric Unit, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  4. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  5. Undergraduate Committee, Pediatric Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  6. Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  7. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  8. Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Pediatric Department, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  9. Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Pediatric Department, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  10. Pediatric Neurology Unit, Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
  11. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 34442087 PMCID: PMC8393546 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9080950

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The educational process in different medical schools has been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. As a part of the Saudi government's attempts to contain the spread of the virus, schools' and universities' educational activities and face-to-face lectures have been modified to virtual classrooms. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of the faculty and the students of an electronic objective structured clinical examination (E-OSCE) activity that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic in the oldest medical school in Saudi Arabia.

METHODS: An e-OSCE style examination was designed for the final-year medical students by the pediatrics department, College of Medicine at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The examination was administered by Zoom™ video conferencing where both students and faculty participated through their laptop or desktop computers. In order to explore the students' and the faculty's perceptions about this experience, a newly designed 13-item online questionnaire was administered at the end of the e-OSCE.

RESULTS: Out of 136 participants (23 faculty and 112 students), 73 respondents (e.g., 54% response rate) filled out the questionnaire. Most of the respondents (69.8%) were very comfortable with this new virtual experience. Most participants (53.4%) preferred the e-OSCE compared to the classic face-to-face clinical OSCE during the pandemic. Regarding the e-OSCE assessment student tool, 46.6% reported that it is similar to the classic face-to-face OSCE; however, 38.4% felt it was worse.

CONCLUSIONS: The e-OSCE can be a very effective alternative to the classic face-to-face OSCE due to the current circumstances that still pose a significant risk of infection transmission. Future studies should examine different virtual strategies to ensure effective OSCE delivery from the perspective of both faculty and students.

Keywords: COVID-19; OSCE; assessment; distance learning; educational; final year medical students; pandemic; pediatric

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