ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Transitioning Competency-Based Communication Assessments to the Online Platform: Examples and Student Outcomes.
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- Development of a communication-based virtual patient counseling objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for first year student pharmacists.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Comparability of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Written Tests for Assessing Medical School Students' Competencies: A Scoping Review.Evaluation & the health professions · 2023Article
- Comparison of Students' Self-Assessment and Simulated Patient Assessment in a Patient Counseling Evaluation and Perceived Importance of Communication Skills.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Educating pharmacy students through a pandemic: Reflecting on our COVID-19 experience.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2022Article
- COVID-19-Driven Improvements and Innovations in Pharmacy Education: A Scoping Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Perceptions of Pharmacy Students on the E-Learning Strategies Adopted during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Students' and Examiners' Experiences of Their First Virtual Pharmacy Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning in Pharmacy Education.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacy education has shifted from in-person teaching and assessments to the virtual environment. Many education programs had previously adopted objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) to assess communication abilities in-person with standardized patients (SPs). However, comparative student outcome data between virtual and in-person methods as well as guidance on how to conduct communication-based OSCEs in the virtual environment is lacking. The University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) describes its methods of conducting two types of communication-based OSCEs (patient counseling and gathering a medical history). Student performance data from the two virtual OSCEs in 2020 was compared to results from two 2019 in-person OSCEs using Mann Whitney U Tests. The 2020 cohort scored significantly higher than the 2019 cohort in all variables (i.e., using effective verbal and non-verbal communication, using patient friendly education, organizing the encounter, demonstrating empathy, establishing trust, professionalism) and in overall score. However, the effect size for these findings indicate the differences between performances are generally small and more likely due to changes in grading patterns due to the pandemic.
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