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Does widening participation status affect undergraduate medical student performance; a meta-analysis of knowledge-based assessments and OSCE over a 5-year period
Medical Teacher
... The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) provides an objective, orderly and organised assessment framework, in which medical schools, hospitals, or medical or examination institutions can add corresponding assessment contents and methods according to their teaching and examination syllabus. 1 This method tests the clinical abilities of nurses or nursing students by simulating clinical scenarios. 2 It is also a clinical ability assessment method that emphasises knowledge, skills and attitude. ...
Introduction
Virtual objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) has been shown to influence the performance of nursing students. However, its specific effects, particularly students’ competence, stress, anxiety, confidence, satisfaction with virtual reality OSCE and examiners’ satisfaction, remain unclear.
Method and analysis
This study aims to assess the effects of virtual reality OSCE on nursing students’ education. The study follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol guidelines. A literature search is performed on electronic databases, namely, PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, EBSCO, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library. The inclusion criteria adhere to the PICOS principle, encompassing nursing students, including those studying in school and those engaged in hospital internship. This review includes studies on the use of virtual reality OSCE as an assessment tool, compared with traditional clinical examinations, such as in-person OSCE. The outcome assessments encompass (1) competence, (2) stress, (3) anxiety, (4) confidence, (5) student satisfaction with virtual reality OSCE and (6) examiners’ satisfaction. These studies are designed as randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-experimental research. The search time is from the inception of each database to 30 June 2023, without language restriction. Studies for inclusion are screened by two reviewers for data extraction dependently. Any dispute is resolved through discussion. Unresolved disputes are decided by consulting a third author. For the risk of bias (ROB) assessment, the Cochrane ROB tool for RCTs and the risk of bias in non-randomised studies of intervention tool are used. Moreover, RevMan V.5.3 is used for meta-analysis.
Ethics and dissemination
This study protocol does not include any clinical research and thus does not require ethical approval. Research findings are published in a peer-reviewed journal.
PROSPERO registration number
CRD42023437685.
Purpose:
Widening participation in medicine refers to the recruitment policy of encouraging those who are traditionally under-represented in medical school. Whilst research in the UK has investigated the processes around improving participation through recruitment and selection to medical schools, there is less focus around the period after medical school and how students from widening participation backgrounds fare in the workforce.
Methods:
This study employed scoping review methodology to collate, map and summarise research in the field. Basic numerical analysis and thematic analysis were performed on the included studies.
Results:
A total of 17 studies were included in this scoping review. The majority of included studies were perspective pieces and cohort studies. There was a paucity of studies reporting around the impact of widening participation of doctors with a disability on the workforce. Four themes emerged from the thematic analysis: (1) promoting diversity; (2) boosting recruitment and retention; (3) improving representation and balance; and (4) perpetuating inequalities.
Conclusions:
This scoping review highlighted positive effects on the workforce of widening participation. Efforts should be undertaken to ensure widening participation students do not experience ongoing inequality in their subsequent careers on qualification from medical school. The research field would benefit from further study exploring the impact of disability on the medical workforce, and qualitative enquiry to better investigate the experiences of widening participation students in the workforce.
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