Actor-Network Theory and the OSCE: Formulating a New Research Agenda for a Post-Psychometric Era

Autor/inn/en	Bearman, Margaret; Ajjawi, Rola
Titel	Actor-Network Theory and the OSCE: Formulating a New Research Agenda for a Post-Psychometric Era
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 23 (2018) 5, S.1037-1049 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bearman, Margaret)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-017-9797-7
Schlagwörter	Psychometrics; Medical Education; Medical Students; Interpersonal Relationship; Check Lists; Standards; Test Format; Clinical Experience; Student Evaluation; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychometry; Psychometrie; Medizinische Ausbildung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Checkliste; Standard; Testentwicklung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a ubiquitous part of medical education, although there is some debate about its value, particularly around possible impact on learning. Literature and research regarding the OSCE is most often situated within the psychometric or competency discourses of assessment. This paper describes an alternative approach: Actor-network-theory (ANT), a sociomaterial approach to understanding practice and learning. ANT provides a means to productively examine tensions and limitations of the OSCE, in part through extending research to include social relationships and physical objects. Using a narrative example, the paper suggests three ANT-informed insights into the OSCE. We describe: (1) exploring the OSCE as a holistic combination of people and objects; (2) thinking about the influences a checklist can exert over the OSCE; and (3) the implications of ANT educational research for standardisation within the OSCE. We draw from this discussion to provide a practical agenda for ANT research into the OSCE. This agenda promotes new areas for exploration in an often taken-for-granted assessment format. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01