Qpercom has secured a €4.1 million tender for a groundbreaking new approach in recruitment to facilitate video based online Multi Mini Interviews for the NHS England.
More problems than benefits? The use of external Online Proctoring platforms for Remote OSCEs and MMIs
Many universities use human proctoring, or invigilation, to prevent suspicious behaviour or activity during exams and this concept has also moved online, triggered by the pandemic. How do they work when paired with other online platforms that are used to facilitate remote examinations?
Back to the future 2: An online OSCE Management Information System for nursing OSCEs
A few words about this paper… It was not long after we implemented our OSCE Management Information System within the School of Medicine in the National University of Ireland, Galway, that our colleagues from the School of Nursing started to use the system. Moreover, as nurses embed solid practice in their research, the purpose of […]
Back to the Future 1: Electronic Marking of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations and Admission Interviews Using an Online Management Information System in Schools of Health Sciences
A few words on this paper… ‘Back to the Future’ refers to the 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis, featuring Micheal J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly. Marty, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick […]
The fairness, predictive validity and acceptability of multiple mini interview in an internationally diverse student population- a mixed methods study
A few words about this paper… For the Irish and moreover in an international context, an important paper written by my colleague in the School of Medicine/National University of Ireland, Galway, Dr Maureen Kelly. Once multiple-mini-interviews were made available in an electronic fashion, data retrieval, storage and analysis appeared more accessible than collecting all data […]