Effects of online frame-of-reference training on assessment accuracy in the objective structured clinical examination for physical therapy students.

Objectives: This study investigates how online frame-of-reference (FOR) training of raters of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for physical therapy students affects assessment accuracy.

Methods: The research was conducted in a 1-month-long randomized controlled trial.

Participants: The participants were 36 physical therapists without experience assessing clinical skills using the OSCE.

Effect of moderation on rubric criteria for inter-rater reliability in an objective structured clinical examination with real patients.

Unlabelled: Objectives: Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) are used to assess clinical competence in medical education. Evaluations using video-recorded OSCEs are effective in reducing costs in terms of time and human resources. To improve inter-rater reliability, these evaluations undergo moderation in the form of a discussion between the raters to obtain consistency in grading according to the rubric criteria.

Effects of clinical clerkship in education for physical and occupational therapy students: a multifaceted examination using objective indices.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effects of clinical clerkship in physical and occupational therapy students' education on their stress, sleep, and technical skill acquisition.

Methods: We compared responses to the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire and the Athens Insomnia Scale, and students' clinical training grades between a traditional clinical training group (n=48) and a clinical clerkship group (n=48).

Results: Compared with the traditional group, the clinical clerkship group showed significantly higher scores on the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire for quantitative and qualitative burden, and significantly lower scores for the extent of control over tasks, irritability, fatigue, depression, and physical ailment.