Effect of student ethnicity on interpersonal, skills and objective standardized clinical examination scores

Citation
Jl. Bienstock et al., Effect of student ethnicity on interpersonal, skills and objective standardized clinical examination scores, OBSTET GYN, 96(6), 2000, pp. 1011-1013
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Medicine","da verificare
Journal title
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
ISSN journal
00297844 → ACNP
Volume
96
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1011 - 1013
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-7844(200012)96:6<1011:EOSEOI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Objective: To determine whether standardized patients' perceptions of medic al students' ethnicity influenced ratings on the interpersonal skills subse ction of the objective standardized clinical examination (OSCE) and perform ance overall on the OSCE. Methods: The OSCE is used to evaluate medical students' performances in the obstetrics and gynecology basic clerkship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. It is based on a series of standardized patient intervi ews conducted by medical students and incorporates ratings by standardized patients on each student's interpersonal skills. Medical students (n = 353) enrolled in the obstetrics and gynecology basic clerkship from 1995-1998 w ere classified according to ethnicity. Overall OSCE scores according to eth nicity were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance. Total interpersona l skills scores and scores on the individual components of the interpersona l skills section of the OSCE were analyzed according to students' ethnicity using the Kruskal-Wallis test for nonparametric analysis of variance. Results: There were no statistically significant differences among ethnic g roups in overall OSCE scores, total interpersonal skills scores, or scores on the individual components of the interpersonal skills section of the OSC E. Conclusion: No bias attributable to perceived medical student ethnicity tha t affects performance on the OSCE exists. (Obstet Gynecol 2000;96:1011-3. ( C) 2000 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.).