Rheumatology Objective Structured Clinical Examination (ROSCE)
ROSCE’s have been utilized in medical education for several decades as a means of objectively measuring learner clinical competence. In recent years, they have become more important as the value of direct observation of the learner has been increasingly recognized.
In this format, fellows will rotate around structured stations, with each station presenting the fellow with a clinical challenge. Usually, it is a trained actor or “standardized patient” in a scripted scenario. However, a station might be a microscope with a synovial fluid suffused slide or a computer screen with a digital x-ray image.
These scripted patient encounters are each designed to evaluate one or more of the 6 clinical competencies recognized by the ACGME. Clinical faculty from the Rheumatology Fellowships directly observe the encounters behind mirrored glass and write evaluations on each fellow. The encounters are recorded for future playback and learner feedback purposes. In addition, the actors provide immediate feedback on the encounter.
This year, the Pennsylvania Rheumatology Society is organizing a ROSCE in conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting to be held the afternoon of September 17th, 2016 at the Hershey Simulation center.
Submitted by Alfred Denio, III, MD
In this format, fellows will rotate around structured stations, with each station presenting the fellow with a clinical challenge. Usually, it is a trained actor or “standardized patient” in a scripted scenario. However, a station might be a microscope with a synovial fluid suffused slide or a computer screen with a digital x-ray image.
These scripted patient encounters are each designed to evaluate one or more of the 6 clinical competencies recognized by the ACGME. Clinical faculty from the Rheumatology Fellowships directly observe the encounters behind mirrored glass and write evaluations on each fellow. The encounters are recorded for future playback and learner feedback purposes. In addition, the actors provide immediate feedback on the encounter.
This year, the Pennsylvania Rheumatology Society is organizing a ROSCE in conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting to be held the afternoon of September 17th, 2016 at the Hershey Simulation center.
Submitted by Alfred Denio, III, MD
