EFFECTIVENESS OF OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION(OSCE) AS A METHOD OF ASSESSMENT UPON SELECTED CLINICAL COMPONENTS IN CHILD HEALTH NURSING AND TO IDENTIFY THE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS REGARDING OSCE IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGES, PONDICHERRY

Pilot study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of objective structured clinical examination as a method of assessment upon selected clinical components in child health nursing and to identify the perception of students regarding OSCE in selected nursing colleges, Pondicherry with 40 samples who were selected randomly. Consent obtained from each sample before the data collection. The OSCE stations were established. The pretest and post test conducted with the same tool. The tool reliability assessed by split half method using spearman brown?s formula. The ?r? value obtained for the OSCE stations were 0.9. The reliability of the students? perception checklist was assessed by inter-rater reliability using Pearson correlation coefficient. The ?r? value obtained was 0.8.