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WebOSCE is an on-line technology for the practice and assessment of complex clinical skills - for example bad news delivery, smoking cessation counseling, organ donation counseling, etc. In addition, WebOSCE can provide the learner with individualized "remediation assignments", based on an analysis of the assessment - and so create a technology enhanced learning cycle (see illustration below).
Skills acquisition is best done in an apprenticeship setting, where the learning of facts is combined with practice under the supervision of an experienced mentor, followed by feedback and learning assignments. "See one, do one, teach one" - or better: "See many, do some, teach some". WebOSCE allows this to happen remotely, getting away with the need to have learner travel to an assessment center - and on the other side allow Standardized Patients to work from home..
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Please click the 4 sections of the picture on the left to learn how WebOSCE integrates in the learning cycle.. LEARNING of FACTS For the teaching and learning of healthare communication skills, we developed "doc-com", a series of 41 media-rich on-line modules, together with the American Academy in Communication in Healthcare. The core element of the modules are so called "annotated videos", where the learner can observe master physicians interact with patients, while they are provided with insights to the specialist's reasoning. Please click here to open a new screen for doc.com - even if you're not one of the 17,000 current subscribers, since there are always 3 modules open to the public! LEARNING TO APPLY SKILLS THROUGH PRACTICE You had to learn how to drive a car through practice, and the same is true for playing any sort of instrument, if you're among those who learned to play one. You can't learn how to play the guitar by reading a book, neither can you watch a master play the instrument, and then do it for yourself. WebOSCE technology allows you to practice what you've learned, over and over if needed, until you are "ready" to apply the skill in the real world.
Please choose a WebINTERVIEW recording below, that most interests you: - Smoking Cessation Counseling (Real WebINTERVIEW between Drexel University College of Medicine 3rd year student and Standardized Patient) - Organ Donation Counseling (With Members of the Gift of Life Institute) ASSESSMENT OF SKILLS COMPETENCIES The gold standard to assess clinical skills competence and performance – including communication skills – is by means of an OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam). During such exams, the students perform on Standardized Patients (SP), who then grade the students using a checklist. Our WebOSCE technology allows to do this on-line, taking out the need to travel to distant places!
Clicking the video button above plays 4 videos simultaneous to help understanding how WebOSCE works. Part 1 of the video shows the preparation and the interview, Part 2 shows the feedback-section. The Assessment is the second phase of our WebINTERVIEWS - please review the second part of the recordings that you're most interested in: - Smoking Cessation Counseling (WebINTERVIEW recording between Drexel University College of Medicine 3rd year student and Standardized Patient Liz Fuller) - Giving Bad News (WebINTERVIEW recording between Dr. Varjavand and Standardized Patient Robyn George) - Organ Donation Counseling (With Members of the Gift of Life Institute) While WebOSCE is built to provide a controlled practice/assessment environment, assessment during the clinical years of medical education is done through direct observation. See "WebCEX", our novel tool for a structured assessment through direct observation. REMEDIATION ASSIGNMENTS Our system allows to use the assessment data to automatically create individualized remediation assignments, thus making the learning circle full! After completion of a WebOSCE intervention, the user is provided with
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The following expressions are used in this text, and are here explained for clarity:
WebOSCE is available in two different models. In the first model, you'd be using DUCOMs cases and DUCOMs SPs - and in the second model you'd be using your own cases and running them with your own SPs, using DUCOMs WebOSCE technology. The second model would also allow you to offer your cases run with your SPs to other institutions, after they've been certified by DUCOM for quality and consistency.
This site was last upadated on 09/29/2010 by Christof.Daetwyler@DrexelMed.edu
