Hi Kevin!
I realize you posted this question awhile ago so disregard if you have already moved beyond this. We are still holding our OSCEs in our Clinical Skills Center with some SPs but have put in place a lot of social distancing measures. For example, students sit where our faculty normally sit and communicate and talk through physical exam procedures with the SP through the viewing window.
I don't know if you have seen this presentation, but it seemed very helpful:
"Zooming with SPs in COVID-19 Response: Using Zoom to train Standardized Patients (SPs) and implement formative Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCEs) with health science students"
https://z.umn.edu/msim-zoomingwithSPsCOVID-19Did you end up moving your OSCEs into ExamSoft? If so, it would be interesting to hear this went.
Thanks and be well!
Julie
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Julie Youm, PhD
Assistant Dean, Education Compliance and Quality; Director, Educational Technology
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-26-2020 22:21
From: Kevin Hittle
Subject: OSCEs from a distance?
Hello,
I am interested in hearing about how other institutions are handling their OSCEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. What modifications are you making to your OSCEs so that they can be given remotely?
Our medicine and surgery clerkships each have one quickly approaching. As of now we're thinking about moving them into ExamSoft with each station becoming a free text question as part of a securely delivered assessment.
I'd like to have some other ideas to float to our clerkship directors.
Thanks,
Kevin
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Kevin Hittle
Curriculum Coordinator
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
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