Experiencia del estudiantado de 2.° grado de Enfermería durante la realización de una evaluación clínica objetiva estructurada (ECOE)

Introduction

The objective structured clinical evaluation (OSCE) in nursing is essential to know the competence level of students, as well as to analyse their experience of this evaluative test. The aim of this study was to describe the experience of 2nd degree nursing students during the performance of a pilot OSCE test.

Method

Descriptive study with the participation of 84 students (74.3%) who took the OSCE pilot test. When OSCE was overed, an ad-hoc survey was used to collect data on the students' experience. For each question, the percentages of responses and their 95% confidence intervals were calculated.

Results

62.70% (54.25-71.19) showed a favourable opinion of their experience. The 73.80% (66.67-80.98) thought that the stations were representative of the nursing role. Regarding the difficulty of resolution, 42.20% (36.29-48.16) reported having difficulties. At the technical level, 61% (55.27-66.71) said that they understood well the statements of the situations to be solved, and 63.70% (50.02-69.39) thought that the 10 minutes of time was sufficient. A 46.20% (40.88-51.96) of the students reported feeling stress during the OSCE. Regarding the teachers involved in their evaluation, 79% (72.53-85.49) thought that their role was correct.

Conclusions

The realization of a pilot test allows to collect the students' experience to be considered in future editions, as well as to test their acquired level in the different areas of competence.