The OSCE in a pre-registration osteopathy program: Introduction and psychometric properties

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the psychometric properties of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) conducted in the final year of a pre-professional osteopathy program. A variety of metrics are used to determine the reliability and validity of the examination. Methods: Data from the OSCE conducted in 2011 was collated and analysed to establish the pass/fail rates, cost of the examination, internal consistency, and variance components. The examination was conducted over two days with students completing 5 stations on day 1 and 4 stations on day 2. Each station was of 15min duration and there were 2 examiners per station. Results: Forty-eight students and 31 examiners were involved ..