@article {1311, title = {OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION (OSCE) AS A RELIABLE EVALUATION STRATEGY: EVIDENCE FROM A BRAZILIAN MEDICAL SCHOOL}, journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century}, volume = {78}, year = {2020}, month = {October/2020}, pages = {Continuous}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {674-687}, abstract = {The new curriculum of medical schools has brought the need to develop a professional committed to ethics, capable of understanding the role of social factors, the insertion of the individual into the family and their role in promoting health. These skills and the use of new methodologies in teaching-learning process have demonstrated that the traditional performance assessment methods are limited in holistically evaluating the student. This study analyzed the correlation among different methods for evaluating competencies in medical internship students and Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was performed among 5th year medical students at Pediatric, Surgery, Medical Clinic, Family and Community Medicine and Gynecology and Obstetrics. Grades of each student obtained through different evaluations (theoretical test, conceptual evaluation and test skills) at the end of each rotation were correlated with the individual results from OSCE. In regard to correlations with the OSCE score values, it was found a weak to moderate positive and statistically significant relationship with the global cognitive score (r= .22, p< .001), global abilities score (r= .26, p< .001) and with the global behavioral score (r= .38, p< .001). The students{\textquoteright} performance in the various assessments of performance evaluated here was positively correlated to their performance on OSCE. Furthermore, the organization of an OSCE-type assessment prepared in multiple, committed and competent hands may serve as a unique assessment and, in fact, assess the development of clinical skills for future doctors.}, keywords = {educational measurements, higher education, medical education, objective structured clinical examination}, issn = {1822-7864}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/20.78.674}, url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2020/457-1600951390.pdf}, author = {Luciana Castellani and Luiz Fernando Quintanilha and Maria Belen Arriaga and Lourdes Lima, M. and Bruno Bezerril Andrade} } @article {988, title = {OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS{\textquoteright} INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN DESIGN STUDY PROCESS}, journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century}, volume = {67}, year = {2015}, month = {October/2015}, pages = {Discontinuous}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {95-102}, abstract = {The research problem is determined by involvement and competitiveness of young designers in the labour market that is related to the opportunities of gaining professional experience within independent professional activities during the design studies in higher education. The aim of the research is to determine development of the formation of students{\textquoteright}-prospective designers{\textquoteright} professionalism in the study process. Literature study, questionnaire and interview included in mixed methods design. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from six 4th year students of Rezekne Higher Education Institution Bachelor program "Interior design". The research results show the opportunities for independent professional activities during the design study process in the context of interaction between personality and professional abilities.}, keywords = {design education, higher education, mixed methods design, professionalism}, issn = {1822-7864}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/15.67.95}, url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2017/457-1529249565.pdf}, author = {Aina Strode} }