Validating an objective structured clinical examination to enhance assessment of clinical skills in physical therapy students
Luis Gómez Miranda, Tomás Reyes Amigo, Hernán Andrés de la Barra Ortiz
Abstract
The validation of evaluation instruments such as the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in healthcare education is crucial for precise clinical skills assessments, which are requisites for professional practice. This study aims to validate an OSCE designed specifically for physical therapy students enrolled in the electrophysical agents course. A non-experimental cross-sectional study included 167 fourth-year students (86 men,79 women, average age 21 years ±1.3) at Andres Be
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Objective structured clinical examinationDescriptive statisticsConstruct validityExploratory factor analysisReliability (semiconductor)Construct (python library)StatisticsFlexibility (engineering)Medical physicsStatisticConsistency (knowledge bases)Internal consistencyPsychologyMedical educationPhysical therapyComputer scienceMedicineMathematicsArtificial intelligenceStructural equation modelingPsychometricsProgramming languagePower (physics)Quantum mechanicsPhysicsInnovations in Medical EducationClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsHealth Education and Validation