The聽BSc聽Nursing Students of the 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN), have been drilled on the聽essence聽of Objectivity Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) at聽the聽Enugu State Teaching Hospital聽(ESUTH),聽Parklane, Enugu, Enugu State.
The examiner, a representatives of the聽Nursing Department, Agbo Darlingson Anibe, said OSCE is basically a standard and internationally acceptable new trending way of training and assessing nursing students on clinical posting.
Anibe, while stating that the exercise ensures nursing students are assessed to see how they can carry out clinical procedures with the use of models, also said it is a pilot study to see how best it can be integrated into the system of the institution.
“We cannot train our nursing students differently if we must meet the current trending in nursing profession. If we do different things, it is substandard,” he stressed.
According to Anibe, preceptors,聽who are well聽versed聽and knowledgeable in nursing practice,聽were expected to set exam聽questions, monitored and ensured standard are kept and maintained.
The Deputy Director,聽Nursing Services and聽Lead Preceptor, ESUTH, Mrs.聽Egwu Florence C., said聽鈥淥SCE is a school-based examination whereby nursing students use models to demonstrate clinical procedures and answer some structured questions based on procedures and practicals they have carried out,鈥澛燼dding that students are scored on聽the聽spot.
She added that the system has been approved by the Nigerian Council of Nursing as a trend approach of training nursing students in all universities.
Nnajiogbe Uzoma, a 400 level nursing student,聽described it as a welcome development, adding that it promotes聽skills development and the ability to translate theory into practical.
The nursing students who participated were drawn from the trio of Enugu, Opi and Awgu centres,聽as聽53, 16 and 3聽students聽represented the centres,聽respectively.