Comparative Analysis of Clinical Clerkship Location Towards Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Score of Clinical Clerkship Student

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Clinical skills are part of competencies that Clinical Clerkship Student has to achieve and be undertaken at hospital evaluated by OSCE's method. The purpose of this study aimed to examine the difference in the achievement of clinical skill's competency score that worked at networking hospital in and outside of Makassar. Method: This study used descriptive analysis with retrospective approach. The data was analysed using Mann-Withney test. Result: The sample of this study involved 1.723 clinical clerkship students of Medical Faculty, Universitas Muslim Indonesia between January-December 2019 consisting of 1.207 students at networking hospital in Makassar with13 departments and 12 hospitals in and outside Makassar. Mann Whitney test obtained Asymptotic Significance (2-sided) score by 0,544. Conclusion and Suggestion: There is no significant difference between OSCE's score of clinical clerkship student at networking hospital in and outside of Makassar. The determination of clinical clerkship location can be done flexibly.