Medical imaging students’ perception on outcome-based education (OBE): a study on cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains

Abstract

Health sciences tertiary institutions are providing students with academic knowledge, psychomotor and affective skills through clinical placement. Based on the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) Program Standards: Medical and Health Sciences (2016); allocation of 1000 hours of clinical practice are compulsory to develop student’s maturity and experience. This study was performed to evaluate students’ perception on clinical practice Outcome Based Education (OBE) curriculum in addressing cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains before and after clinical training. A Likert scale self-administered survey provided to fifty (50), year two, Diploma in Medical Imaging students before and after students went for clinical training. Compared with students’ perception after-clinical training survey, the percentage has increased to 79% - 87%; from 64% - 74% student’s perception before-clinical training survey in all three domains. Before and after students’ perception survey on clinical practice OBE curriculum in three domains; cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains offer some insight that the curriculum was able to gain clinical knowledge and develop essential psychomotor and affective skill required.