EXCELLENCE

• Bachelor in Medical
Laboratory Science
CONVENTIONAL PRACTICAL EXAMS
• lack scope for direct observation by evaluator
• limited coverage contents
• subjective
OSPE (OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED PRACTICAL
EXAMINATION)
• Derived from OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam) by Harden &
Gleeson 1975
• test students what they can do rather than what they know
• reported to be a good substitute for Coventional Practical Exam
because it is more objective ( Hasan, Malik, Hamad, Khan & Bilal,
2009)
• used worldwide in various medical courses like Pharmacology,
Biochemistry, physiology etc. (Deshpande, 2013)
OSPE
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
• can assess a range of attributes not • lot of effort to set up
easily accomplished via traditional
assessment methods • need back up plans
• students can try much harder to succeed
as they cannot hide behind written work
• it is easily adaptable for different
skills/disciplines
• fast and easy way to assess practical skills
in large groups
• (Scott & Jenkinson, University of
Aberdeen)
 Objective Structured Practical Examination
(OSPE): a Formative Tool for the Assessment of
Practical Skills of undergraduate students in
Medical Laboratory Science

Edilon Liwag
Rey Anthony Perez
Jasmen Pasia
Objectives
• This study aims to evaluate OSPE as a method of formative and summative
assessment of practical skills of MLS courses with laboratory component to find
out the feasibility and acceptability of this method of examination. Specifically, it
seeks to achieve the following:

• a.Plan and implement OSPE with the psychomotor domain learning processes
through a TOS (knowledge, perception, set, guided response, mechanism,
adaptation, and origination) vis-à-vis the learning outcomes identified for a
grading period in each course.
• b.Compare the mean score of the students in the MLS courses using the
conventional practical examination (CPE) with OSPE (Objective Structured
Practical Examination).
• c.Describe students’ perspectives regarding OSPE as tool of assessment.
Methods
• Evaluative Research Design
• 1- OSPE exam
• 2- Conventional Practical Exam

• 6 months duration
• Questionnaires