J Educ Eval Health Prof.  2018;15:4. 10.3352/jeehp.2018.15.4.

Authenticity, acceptability, and feasibility of a hybrid gynecology station for the Papanicolaou test as part of a clinical skills examination in Korea

• Seo JH
• Oh Y
• Im S
• Kim DK
• Kong HH
• Roh H

• KMID: 2439260
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2018.15.4

Abstract

PURPOSE
The objective of this study was to evaluate the authenticity, acceptability, and feasibility of a hybrid station that combined a standardized patient encounter and a simulated Papanicolaou test.
METHODS
We introduced a hybrid station in the routine clinical skills examination (CSE) for 335 third-year medical students at 4 universities in Korea from December 1 to December 3, 2014. After the tests, we conducted an anonymous survey on the authenticity, acceptability, and feasibility of the hybrid station.
RESULTS
A total of 334 medical students and 17 professors completed the survey. A majority of the students (71.6%) and professors (82.4%) agreed that the hybrid station was more authentic than the standard CSE. Over 60 percent of the students and professors responded that the station was acceptable for assessing the students' competence. Most of the students (75.2%) and professors (82.4%) assessed the required tasks as being feasible after reading the instructions.
CONCLUSION
Our results showed that the hybrid CSE station was a highly authentic, acceptable, and feasible way to assess medical students' performance.

Keyword

Clinical competence; Papanicolaou test; Medical students; Patient simulation; Korea

MeSH Terms

Anonyms and Pseudonyms
Clinical Competence*
Gynecology*
Humans
Korea*
Mental Competency
Papanicolaou Test*
Patient Simulation
Students, Medical

Figure

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  Fig. 1. (A) A student interviewing the SP while performing the hybrid clinical skills examination. (B) The SP lying on the bed for a pelvic examination. A computer monitor on the next table (white arrow) is recording the student’s performance, and the SP is observing the student’s performance via a computer monitor behind the curtain. SP, standardized patient.

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  Fig. 2. This picture of cervicitis was pasted on the pelvic model to simulate a lesion on the cervix.

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