Continuous improvement is not just an expectation for trainees in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, it is also the standard for the program’s faculty and curriculum. A visible example can be seen in what was known for nearly nine years as the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE), but is now called Clinical Skills Coaching for […]
The Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) may be a nerve-wracking title to the incoming intern, conjuring stressful memories of their just-completed medical school exams. But the goal of the OSCEs as it has been designed and run for nearly a decade by the residency program in Internal Medicine at Iowa is to produce the opposite […]
No “seven-year itch” for the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluations (OSCEs), only smooth sailing. Since it was first designed and implemented at Iowa in 2017, the goals of the OSCE have been the same. Two sets of half-day assessments of incoming interns allow residency program leadership the opportunity to establish a baseline of their skill levels […]
Now in its sixth year and its impact on trainees established both locally and nationally, the organizers of our residency program’s Objective Structured Clinical Evaluations (OSCE) have begun to think about how the formative assessments can also aid faculty members. “One of the chief strengths of the OSCE is its immediacy,” said Jane Rowat, MS, […]
Milena Gebska, MD, PhD, MME, clinical associate professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, has received one of the first round of Educational Innovation and Scholarship Grants from the college’s Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education. Gebska is the director of the internal medicine sub-internship, in which senior medical students gain advanced clinical skills in the […]
Since its first year through last year’s virtual version, the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluations (OSCEs) has held to its guiding principle: establish a clear sense of the incoming intern’s skill level by observing them performing foundational tasks. Standardized rubrics, simulated patients, technology enabling the observation, all of these are in aid of making sure that […]
Last year, the third year for the Intern Objective Structured Clinical Evaluations (OSCE) was the most successful yet. Organizers Manish Suneja, MD, and Jane Rowat, MS, had received the stamp of peer review and had expanded to include interns from two other residency programs (Anesthesia and Family Medicine) within University of Iowa Health Care for evaluation. But just […]
Year Three of the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluations (OSCE) in the Internal Medicine Residency Program brings more than a few changes. The first, most important, is that this innovative exercise has now been given the stamp of peer-review. After presenting their poster at the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine meeting last spring, Program Director Manish Suneja, […]
Our Internal Medicine Residency Program places a high value on making sure that our residents can effectively pass on their skills. Even if they do not pursue careers in academic medicine past graduation, both the time they spend in training and in many informal ways well into their careers, the skills of a clinician educator […]
Internal Medicine Residency Educational Director Jane Rowat, Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Sheena CarlLee, and Residency Program Director Dr. Manish Suneja have received funding for an expansion of an education-related project from the Graduate Medical Education Innovation Fund Committee. Over the past two years, the residency program has organized Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) to assess the proficiency of incoming […]