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ArticleAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2010

Evaluation of clinical reasoning in basic emergencies using a script concordance test.

Caroline Boulouffe, Bernard Charlin, Dominique Vanpee

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Article in American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Script Concordance Test in Pharmacology: Maiden experience from a Medical School in India.Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism · 2020
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  3. Development and psychometrics of script concordance test (SCT) in midwifery.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2018
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3 authors.

Caroline BoulouffeUniversité Catholique Louvain, Cliniques universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne et Ecole de Pharmacie - Woluwe. Caroline.boulouffe@uclouvain.be
Bernard Charlin
Dominique Vanpee

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo develop and assess the reliability of a script concordance test (SCT) to evaluate pharmacy students' clinical reasoning when facing basic emergency situations.

designA first aid course was designed that consisted of 8 weekly instructional sessions (4 on internal medicine, including life threatening situations; 2 on pediatrics; and 2 on trauma) in which the instructor presented case studies in a small-group format. In the first and final sessions of the course, a practice SCT was administered to familiarize students with the test format. ASSESSMENT: A 66-question SCT examination was administered to the 68 third-year pharmacy students enrolled in the first aid course. The students' mean score was 68.5% ± 9.8% and panel members' mean score was 86.5% ± 4.2%. Twenty students were selected randomly to complete a course survey and 85% indicated they were satisfied with using the SCT.

conclusionsA first aid SCT was found to be both a practical and reliable testing instrument for assessing the clinical reasoning of pharmacy students in basic emergency situations.

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Clinical CompetenceCohort StudiesCurriculumEducational MeasurementEmergency Medical ServicesHealth SurveysHumansassessmentclinical reasoningemergency carepharmacy studentsscript concordance test

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PMID21436943
PMCPMC3058438

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