Evaluation of Professional Skills of Paramedic Students By Using Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE)

This study was conducted to evaluate the professional skills of paramedic students using the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). The data of this study, which is planned as a descriptive type, are collected between April and May 2018. The study was conducted with 90 paramedic students. The data of the study were collected by the "Objectively Structured Clinical Examination (OYKS)". The data were evaluated using descriptive statistics in the SPSS 18.0 program. Ethics committee and institutional permission were obtained in the study. The mean scores of the students receive from OSCE who participated in the survey as were found 41,67 ± 9,81 (30-60) for "MI" case, 30,67 ± 11,39 (19-55) for "asthma" case, 38.56 ± 8.67 (25-51) for "GİS bleeding" case, and 50.11 ± 12.24 (24-64) for “pancreatitis” case. As a result as; Students 'professional clinical skills were insufficient, but OSCE was found to be beneficial in students' learning processes.