Special Training Course for Simulated Patients Who Participated in the Advanced OSCE at Nippon Medical School

• Published in: Journal of Nippon Medical School Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 46 - 47
• Main Authors: Aso, Ryoko, Yoshimura, Akinobu, Shimura, Toshiro, Takayanagi, Kazue, Iino, Yasuhiko, Kobayashi, Yoshinori, Seino, Yoshihiko, Hidaka, Hiroto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Medical Association of Nippon Medical School 2008
• Subjects: Cardiology - education; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods; Emergency Medical Services; Humans; Japan; Patient Simulation; Physical Examination; Schools, Medical; Japan
• ISSN: 1345-4676; 1347-3409
• DOI: 10.1272/jnms.75.46

[Introduction] When bedside learning is completed, sixth-year medical students at our medical school take the Advanced Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). However, the Advanced OSCE is mandatory for students at only a few medical schools in Japan. We first administered the Advanced OSCE in 2005, and this examination became mandatory for sixth-year students at Nippon Medical School in 2007 (Table 1). Features of our school's Advanced OSCE are as follows. 1) The Advanced OSCE became mandatory for all sixth-year medical students in 2007; 2) original clinical scenarios developed at our medical school were used; and 3) the simulated patients (SPs) trained at our school participated in the Advanced OSCE. To successfully administer the Advanced OSCE. training the SPs is of utmost importance. We report on the 3-day special training course provided to the SPs. [Materials and Methods] The Advanced OSCE administered at our medical school in 2007 consisted of the Cardiovascular and Emergency stations using clinical scenarios (Fig. 1).