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Table 1 Medical students’ evaluation on both methods of OSCE feedback

From: Feedback after OSCE: A comparison of face to face versus an enhanced written feedback

Survey items Responses in agreementa
n (%)
p value Mean Response
Face to face (n=96) Enhanced Written
(n=100)
Face to face
Mean (SD)
Enhanced Written
Mean (SD)
p value
The tutors were well-prepared to provide the feedback 72 (75.0) 82 (82) 0.308 3.86 (0.958) 4.04 (0.695) 0.146
The tutors need training to provide this feedback effectively 51 (53.1) 46 (46) 0.315 3.59 (1.010) 3.33 (0.975) 0.075
I felt comfortable about receiving this feedback 88 (91.3) 96 (96) 0.334 4.36 (0.835) 4.61 (0.634) 0.022
I felt distressed after receiving this feedback 13 (13.5) 10 (10) 0.584 2.26 (1.136) 2.10 (1.096) 0.316
I was provided balanced feedback (including both positive and less positive aspects) 71 (74.0) 78 (78) 0.620 3.77 (1.100) 3.97 (0.870) 0.163
In general, the benefits of providing this feedback outweighs the disadvantages 86 (89.6) 95 (95) 0.247 4.44 (0.751) 4.63 (0.580) 0.047
Overall, this feedback was useful to improve my future OSCE performances 86 (89.6) 98 (98) 0.031 4.42 (0.777) 4.67 (0.518) 0.008
  1. Responses were on a 5-point scale: 5-strongly agree, 4-agree, 3- neutral, 2-disagree and 1-strongly disagree. a Responses of “strongly agree” and “agree” were grouped as “Responses in Agreement”.