The Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Socio-History (Second Edition) - Couverture souple

Hodges, Brian David

 
9783838301815: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Socio-History (Second Edition)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838301811 ISBN 13 : 9783838301815
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

The invention of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) represented a radical break with forms of examination traditionally used to assess the competence of medical students. Unlike written or bed-side exams, an OSCE required students to perform with a series of actors in fixed-interval simulated scenarios. The technique spread rapidly and today OSCEs are used around the globe to assess health professionals. This Foucauldian socio-history explores how discourses of performance, psychometrics and production have legitimized the widespread adoption of OSCEs. Probing an archive of over 600 published articles, interviews with 25 key informants in Europe and America and visits to key universities and testing organizations, the author documents how these discourses have led to substantial changes in the way competence is understood. This book will interest those concerned about the ethical dimensions of assessment and the intersection of examination, equity, globalization and social control.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The invention of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) represented a radical break with forms of examination traditionally used to assess the competence of medical students. Unlike written or bed-side exams, an OSCE required students to perform with a series of actors in fixed-interval simulated scenarios. The technique spread rapidly and today OSCEs are used around the globe to assess health professionals. This Foucauldian socio-history explores how discourses of performance, psychometrics and production have legitimized the widespread adoption of OSCEs. Probing an archive of over 600 published articles, interviews with 25 key informants in Europe and America and visits to key universities and testing organizations, the author documents how these discourses have led to substantial changes in the way competence is understood. This book will interest those concerned about the ethical dimensions of assessment and the intersection of examination, equity, globalization and social control.

Biographie de l'auteur

Brian David Hodges MD, PhD, FRCPC: Professor, Faculty of Medicine,University of Toronto; Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chair in HealthProfessions Education Research, Wilson Centre for Research inEducation; Vice President Education, University Health Network.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838301811
ISBN 13 
9783838301815
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
344
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