Nurse academics perceptions of the efficacy of the OSCA tool Bouchoucha, Stéphane, Wikander, Lolita and Wilkin, Catherine 2013, Nurse academics perceptions of the efficacy of the OSCA tool, Collegian, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 95-100. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Nurse academics perceptions of the efficacy of the OSCA tool Author(s) Bouchoucha, Stéphane orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-0133 Wikander, Lolita Wilkin, Catherine Journal name Collegian Volume number 20 Issue number 2 Start page 95 End page 100 Total pages 6 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2013 ISSN 1322-7696 Keyword(s) Attitude Australia Clinical Competence Cross-Sectional Studies Education, Nursing Educational Measurement Faculty, Nursing Focus Groups Humans Summary The use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination/Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (OSCE/OSCA) has been well documented. How assessors currently view the process, and if the OSCA tool still fulfils the assessment requirements, is unclear. In this study, the beliefs and expectations of assessors towards the assessment tool used in an undergraduate nursing degree to assess clinical skills was investigated. A cross-sectional study used semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 16 lecturers in nursing from a rural Australian university. This represents 65% of the total nurse academic staff employed there. The key issues that the academic staff raised reflect those from previous studies, such as the use of OSCA as formative assessment or a quality check process before the clinical practice. The OSCAs were seen as a good assessment tool, which gave students the opportunity to receive feedback on their performance in relation to clinical skills. The drawbacks identified in relation to the use of OSCAs were that the OSCA was seen as stressful to students. This drawback was thought to be further compounded if there was a lack of congruence regarding essential criteria between assessors. If not adequately addressed these drawbacks will erode the potential the OSCA tool has to foster uniformity, which was one of the main reasons for its implementation. . Language eng Field of Research 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified 1110 Nursing Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2013, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30074563 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 17 Jul 2015, 13:58:40 EST Sat, 18 Jul 2015, 05:02:23 EST Mon, 20 Jul 2015, 08:20:11 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2016, 12:14:11 EST Thu, 03 Mar 2016, 05:06:19 EST Wed, 03 Aug 2016, 15:19:31 EST Wed, 03 Aug 2016, 15:25:02 EST Wed, 03 Aug 2016, 15:27:00 EST Wed, 03 Aug 2016, 15:28:35 EST Wed, 03 Aug 2016, 15:29:54 EST Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 13:51:08 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 07:12:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 6 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 370 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 02 Mar 2016, 12:14:11 EST

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