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

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 mod...

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Autores principales: Shaiba, Lana A., Alnamnakani, Mahdi A., Temsah, Mohamad-Hani, Alamro, Nurah, Alsohime, Fahad, Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim, Alanazi, Shahad N., Alhasan, Khalid, Alherbish, Adi, Mobaireek, Khalid F., Bashiri, Fahad A., AlRuthia, Yazed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8393546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34442087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080950
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author Shaiba, Lana A.
Alnamnakani, Mahdi A.
Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
Alamro, Nurah
Alsohime, Fahad
Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim
Alanazi, Shahad N.
Alhasan, Khalid
Alherbish, Adi
Mobaireek, Khalid F.
Bashiri, Fahad A.
AlRuthia, Yazed
author_facet Shaiba, Lana A.
Alnamnakani, Mahdi A.
Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
Alamro, Nurah
Alsohime, Fahad
Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim
Alanazi, Shahad N.
Alhasan, Khalid
Alherbish, Adi
Mobaireek, Khalid F.
Bashiri, Fahad A.
AlRuthia, Yazed
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-83935462021-08-28 Medical Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia Shaiba, Lana A. Alnamnakani, Mahdi A. Temsah, Mohamad-Hani Alamro, Nurah Alsohime, Fahad Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim Alanazi, Shahad N. Alhasan, Khalid Alherbish, Adi Mobaireek, Khalid F. Bashiri, Fahad A. AlRuthia, Yazed Healthcare (Basel) Article 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. MDPI 2021-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8393546/ /pubmed/34442087 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080950 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Shaiba, Lana A.
Alnamnakani, Mahdi A.
Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
Alamro, Nurah
Alsohime, Fahad
Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim
Alanazi, Shahad N.
Alhasan, Khalid
Alherbish, Adi
Mobaireek, Khalid F.
Bashiri, Fahad A.
AlRuthia, Yazed
Medical Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia
title Medical Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia
title_full Medical Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Medical Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Medical Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia
title_short Medical Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions toward Pediatric Electronic OSCE during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia
title_sort medical faculty’s and students’ perceptions toward pediatric electronic osce during the covid-19 pandemic in saudi arabia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8393546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34442087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080950
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