Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology

fa پایایی و روایی نخستین آزمون ساختاریافته عینی- بالینی (OSCE) روانپزشکی در ایران Validity and Reliability of the First Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Psychiatry in Iran پژوهشي اصيل Original Research <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Objectives: This study aims at the evaluation of validity and reli-ability of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in psy-chiatry and among the residents. <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Method: Following assessments and a lot of discussions among all consultant psychiatrists in the country, nine 12-minute stations were designed. In each station, two examining raters completed the pre-viously designed checklists individually. Standardized patients were used in 8 of the stations. Face and content validity, construct validity, concurrent validity and inter-rater reliability, internal consistency and inter-station reliability were all assessed. <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Results: Face and content validity of the test was reached after holding sessions with the presence of the consultants and chair of the country’s specialty board and also providing all practical goals while discussing them in different group meetings. Concurrent validity was evaluated after comparing OSCE scores for both the residents and their own consultants. Concurrent validity was assessed through evalu- ating correlation of OSCE scores with results of oral and written board exams, competency exams, and psychiatry entry exam, which actually showed an appropriate validity for this test. Assessment of test reliability using the inter-rater reliability, internal consistency, and inter-station reliability displayed an appropriate reliability for this OSCE. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-bidi-font-family: 'B Lotus'">Conclusion: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-bidi-font-family: 'B Lotus'">The first psychiatry OSCE had significant validity and reliability. آزمون ساختاریافته عینی- بالینی (OSCE)، روایی، پایایی، روانپزشکی Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), validity, reliability, psychiatry 17 24 http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-136&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Arsia Taghva ارسیا تقوا E-mail: drarsiataghva@irimc.org 18003194753284600496 18003194753284600496 Yes Maryam Rasoulian مریم رسولیان 18003194753284600497 18003194753284600497 No Leili Panaghi لیلی پناغی 18003194753284600498 18003194753284600498 No Jafar Bolhari جعفر بوالهری 18003194753284600499 18003194753284600499 No Mehran Zarghami مهران ضرغامی 18003194753284600500 18003194753284600500 No Mehdi Nasr-esfahani مهدی نصر اصفهانی 18003194753284600501 18003194753284600501 No Brian Hodges برایان هاجز 18003194753284600502 18003194753284600502 No