Key challenges for implementing a Canadian-based objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in a Middle Eastern context

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.36720

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assessment, OSCE, medical education, pharmacy

Abstract

Globalization of medical education is occurring at a rapid pace and many regions of the world are adapting curricula, teaching methods, and assessment tools from established programs. In the Middle East, the use of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) is rare. The College of Pharmacy at Qatar University recently partnered with the University of Toronto and the Supreme Council of Health in Qatar to adapt policies and procedures of a Canadian-based OSCE as an exit-from-degree assessment for pharmacy students in Qatar. Despite many cultural and contextual barriers, the OSCE was implemented successfully and is now an integrated component of the pharmacy curriculum. This paper aims to provide insight into the adoption and implementation process by identifying four major cultural and contextual challenges associated with OSCEs: assessment tools, standardized actors, assessor calibration, and standard setting. Proposed solutions to the challenges are also given. Findings are relevant to international programs attempting to adapt OSCEs into their contexts, as well as Canadian programs facing increasing rates of cultural diversity within student and assessor populations.

Author Biographies

Kyle John Wilby, Qatar University

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice and Coordinator of Assessment and Accreditation

College of Pharmacy, Qatar University

Mohammad Diab, Qatar University

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor

College of Pharmacy, Qatar University

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2016-12-05

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Wilby KJ, Diab M. Key challenges for implementing a Canadian-based objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in a Middle Eastern context. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 5 [cited 2024 Dec. 24];7(3):e4-9. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/36720

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