Creative Curriculum: The Experience of Writing and Teaching Formative Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (FOSCEs)

Med Ref Serv Q. 2017 Apr-Jun;36(2):111-119. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2017.1293968.

Abstract

The launch of the revised medical school curriculum in fall 2014 provided new opportunities for librarians to collaborate with clinical faculty. As a result of past informatics instruction embedded in the first-year curriculum, librarians were invited to expand this content as part of a new Formative Objective Structured Clinical Examination (FOSCE) initiative. This article describes the stages of this project from writing and teaching the FOSCE informatics cases to improvements which were made after the first year. A description of the overall curriculum and information about lessons learned in each of these stages is included.

Keywords: Academic health sciences librarians; OSCE; curriculum; informatics; instruction; role of librarians.

MeSH terms

  • Curriculum*
  • Humans
  • Librarians
  • Libraries, Medical*
  • Schools, Medical*
  • Writing*