WebOSCE was developed by Dennis Novack, MD, and Christof Daetwyler, MD, at the Drexel University College of Medicine with generous funding provided by Barbara E. Chick '59, MD. WebOSCE is copyrighted 2007 by Drexel University College of Medicine, Patent Pending. What is WebOSCE? The golden standard to assess clinical skills – 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. WebOSCE is a novel system that employs Internet technology to make this process independent having the students being in one room with the SP – using video chat – plus it provides the student with a recording of the interaction. Additionally, after the session the student is provided with a structured feedback to make best use of the WebOSCE as a learning experience. In the summer and fall of 2007, we conducted a research project with more than 80 interns to study the effectiveness of WebOSCE to measure the skills needed in the "giving of bad news". We'll publish the results in late summer 2008.

EXAMPLE: Giving Bad News with WebINTERVIEW Version 2.0 Please click the picture on the left or the link above to see an edited recording of the "Amy Walters Case" , recorded on August 22nd, 2008, with Dennis Novack MD as "Student" and Elizabeth Fuller as "Standardized Patient (SP)". Download this WebINTERVIEW demo videos as QuickTime Files for off-line presentations Download other WebINTERVIEW Arnold Smolen's edited demo video as WMV for presentations

• PAPER: A pilot test of WebOSCE - a system for assessing trainees' clinical skills via teleconference.
  Link to the PubMed version of Med Teach. 2002 Sep;24(5):483-7
  

Resources for Initiators of WebOSCEs (SP's and Admin)

WebINTERVIEW Version 3.0 BETA with Flash Media Server and SQL database (on internal TimeWeb Server)

• DEV:WebOSCE_SP
• DEV:WebOSCE_Student
• DEV:WebOSCE_Observer
• DEV:WebOSCE_Reviewer
  
  
• SP: Needs the SP user ID and case ID.
  SP ID: 1 = Christof, 2 = Felecia, 3 = Dennis, 4 = Liz, 5 = Admin, 6 = Greg.
  Example: SP Felecia Myers takes on the role of the Amy Walters Case:
  http://timeweb/webosce_dev/sp.htm?userid=2&caseid=1
  
  
• Student: Needs student user ID, case ID, and SP user ID.
  User ID: 2 = Christof, 3 = Greg, 4 = Paul, 5 = Felecia, 6 = Admin, 7 = Liz, 8 = Dennis.
  Example: Dennis Novack is the meeting with the SP Felecia Myers who plays Amy Walters:
  http://timeweb/webosce_dev/default.htm?uid=2&caseid=1&spid=2
  
  
• Observer: Needs case ID and SP user ID.
  http://timeweb/webosce_dev/observer.htm?caseid=1&spid=1
  
  
• Reviewer: Needs the record ID.
  http://timeweb/webosce_dev/reviewer.htm?rid=1
  
  Database Structure:
  1. WebOSCE_Users:
     User_ID, UserFirstName, UserLastName, UserPassword, UserInstitution
  2. WebOSCE_SP:
     SP_ID, SP_FirstName, SP_LastName, SP_Password, SP_Institutions, SP_CasesToPortray, SP_CasesToPortrayCertifiedYN, SP_CasesToPortrayCertifiedReviewerID, SP_CasesToPortrayCertifiedReviewDate
  3. WebOSCE_Cases:
     Case_ID, CaseName, CaseGenderFemale, CaseGenderMale, CaseAgeYoung, CaseAgeMiddle, CaseAgeOld, CaseDescription, CaseAffiliationProposed, CaseAssessmentAuthor, CaseAssessmentAuthoringDate, CaseReviewer, CaseApprovedInstitutions, CaseReviewDate, CaseAffiliationsGranted
  4. WebOSCE_Record:
     Record_ID, User_ID, Case_ID, SP_ID, CaseStartDateTime, CaseInterviewDateTime, CaseEndDateTime, VideoRecordingLearnerURL, VideoRecordingPatientURL, FeedbackItemNo, FeedbackItemTimeStamp, FeedbackItemScore, ReviewVideoURL, ReviewStartTimeStamp, ReviewEndTimeStamp, ......
     ASSESSMENT PART OF THE RECORD:
     UserAssessmentBySP_Overall, UserAssessmentBySP_Comment,
     SPAssessmentByUser_Overall, SPAssessmentByUser_Comment,
     CaseAssessmentByUser_Overall, CaseAssessmentByUser_Comment,
     CaseAssessmentBySP_Overall, CaseAssessmentByUser_Comment
     
  5. WebOSCE_CaseAssessment:
     ID, General, Skill, Video

WebINTERVIEW Version 2.0 with Flash Media Server and XML files (on internal TimeWeb Server)

• WebOSCE_SP
• WebOSCE_Student
• WebOSCE_Observer
• WebOSCE_Reviewer

WebOSCE Version 1.0 with Adobe Connect:

• Start a NEW MEETING (step by step guide available here)
• OLD EXAMPLE to show the progress: Giving Bad News with WebOSCE Version 1.0
  This is a recording done on June 21st, 2007, with Dennis Novack MD as "Trainee" and Felecia Myers as "Standardized Patient".

This site was last upadated on August 18, 2008 by Christof.Daetwyler@DrexelMed.edu