POSTER
A Plan to Use Videoconferencing Technology in the Assessment
of Clinical Skills of Medical Students at the University of the
Andrew Pearson, Archibald MacDonald, Derek Mitchell,
Gladstone Walling, Kushan Amarakoon, and
University of the
ABSTRACT:
There are currently
four centres examining the clinical skills of finalising medical students at
the University of the
The following
scenario for medical examinations is proposed: the student is examined by a
small local contingent of examiners with the proceedings relayed simultaneously
to the other three examination centres. Each centre
may choose to record any or all examinations, or the U.W.I. could adopted some agreed policy on this issue. Examiners
monitoring the proceedings remotely would be in a position to communicate in
real time, either by text or voice, but not necessarily video, with the
examiners on site with the candidate.
Tentative
specifications for such a system will be presented for discussion, as will the
potential applications.
BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:
This paper will set
out some of the problems facing the assessment of clinical skills in the
burgeoning population of geographically dispersed medical schools in developing
countries, and how information and communications technology can alleviate
them. Some changes to the "established" methods of assessment will be
have to be adopted despite anticipated resistance.
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Andrew Pearson Biochemistry
Section, Department of Basic
Medical Sciences University of the
West Indies Mona Campus Kingston 7, Jamaica Phone: (876) 927
2290 |
CO-AUTHORS: Archibald
MacDonald*, Derek Mitchell*, Gladstone Walling#, Kushan Amarakoon# &
Carlton Samuels#. * Department of
Surgery, Radiology and Anaesthesia & Intensive Care # Mona Information
Technology Services U.W.I., Mona
Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica Phone: * (876) 927 1270 # (876) 927 2148 |