Assessment of Radiology Technology Students’ Internship with Objective Structured Clinical Examination

زمينه و هدف: برنامه ريزي و طراحي چهارچوب مناسب براي كارآموزي و ارزيابي هاي هدفمند دانشجويان در ارتقا سطح دانش تيوري و عملي آنها نقش بسزايي دارد. يكي از جايگزين هاي مناسب براي روش سنتي، ارزيابي كارآموزي به صورت آزمون OSCE است. لذا هدف مطالعه حاضر اجراي روشي ساختارمند و عيني براي سنجش و ارزيابي كارآموزي دانشجويان راديولوژي و مقايسه آن با روش متداول قبلي مي باشد. روش: جامعه پژوهش اين مطالعه مقطعي-توصيفي شامل دانشجويان كارشناسي پيوسته راديولوژي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي اروميه ورودي 1387 و 1388 بود. به منظور ارزيابي كارآموزي دانشجويان راديولوژي فرمي تحت عنوان فرم ارزيابي كارآموزي دانشجويان راديولوژي تدوين گرديد. كه روايي آن از طريق روايي محتوا وپايايي آن از طريق آزمون و بازآزمون مورد تاييد قرار گرفت. يافته ها: يافته هاي پژوهش از طريق فرم ارزشيابي در قالب پاسخهاي صحيح و نادرست دانشجويان در ايستگاههاي كاري مختلف و رضايتمندي آنان بدست آمد. ميزان پاسخهاي صحيح بين 5/79% تا 5/95% بود. 72% از دانشجويان روش اسكي را به آزمون سنتي ترجيح دادند. نتيجه گيري: ارزيابي فراگيران يكي از حيطه هاي اساسي فعاليت هاي آموزشي بوده بر اين اساس براي اولين بار جهت ارزيابي كارآموزي دانشجويان راديولوژي در دانشگاه علوم پزشكي اروميه روشي مبتني بر آزمون OSCE مورد بررسي قرار گرفت. نتايج اين پژوهش نشان داد كه فرصت دادن به دانشجويان درعرصه كارآموزي باليني و انجام امور محوله به صورت انفرادي توسط دانشجو از مواردي است كه براي نشان دادن قابليتهاي علمي و عملي دانشجويان ضروري است.

Background: Programming and planning an appropriate structure for internship and purposeful assessments of students play a considerable role in developing their practical and theoretical knowledge level. One of the suitable alternatives for the traditional method is assessing internship through Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Therefore the aim of the present study is to perform an objective and structured method for assessing and evaluating radiology students’ internship and comparing it with the previous common method. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study which participants were all B.Sc. radiology students, having started university in 87 and 88 solar year in Urmia University of Medical Sciences. For reaching the aims of the study a form called radiology students’ internship assessment was planned. Its validity and reliability were confirmed through content validity and test-retest methods respectively. Results: The results of this study were achieved through assessment form with correct and incorrect answers of students in different working stands and their satisfaction. The results in the form of the percent of correct and incorrect answers of students to each one of the items of working stands showed that in the working stands under study the coefficient of correct answer were 79.5% to 95.5%. The results also showed that 72% of students preferred the mentioned method to the traditional one. Conclusions: Assessment of learners is one of the basic fields of educational activities; therefore a method based on OSCE was used for assessing radiology students’ internship in Urmia University of Medical Sciences for the first time. The results of this study showed that involving the students during internship and fulfilling tasks individually by the students are necessary for expressing students’ scientific and practical qualifications.