Utility of eye-tracking technology for preparing medical students in Spain for the summative objective structured clinical examination

We compared the utility of videos using eye-tracking technology and conventional video cameras as a tool for improving student performance on the summative objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Our research group has used this technology as a tool for teaching surgery and has performed a pilot study to assess its utility for preparing students for the summative OSCE, an exam consisting of 20 simulated clinical situations, each lasting 9 minutes. During the June 2016 OSCE, we recorded the performance of sixth-year medical students of Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain, using both eye-tracking technology and a conventional video camera. In March 2017, we showed the resulting videos as part of 2 optional OSCE preparation seminars. We analyzed the utility of these types of videos by means of a survey and by comparing the results obtained in the June 2017 OSCE of students who had attended the seminars with those who had not.