ReviewBMC medical education2023
Objective structured clinical examination as a competency assessment tool of students' readiness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences in South Korea: a pilot study.
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- Enrollment Motivations, Career Perceptions, and Preferences of Pharmacy Students under a Changing Educational Landscape: An Exploratory Survey at a Single Institution in South Korea.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Exploring the readiness to practice of underrepresented healthcare workers: A scoping review.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- PharmD students experiences on end year clerkship evaluation using objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) method at JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, India.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Development of a self-assessment tool to evaluate the readiness of pharmacy departments for internship training in China: a two-phase study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Entrustable professional activities-based objective structured clinical examinations in a pharmacy curriculum.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Students' Perceived Counseling Behavior and Feedback on a University-led Patient Medication Counseling Program Implemented in a Tertiary Government Hospital.Acta medica Philippina · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe assessment of pharmacy students' readiness to begin the education of an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in clinical pharmacy settings continues to gain increasing attention. This study aimed to develop an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in the core domains acquired through an introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE), for evaluating its appropriateness as a tool of assessing clinical pharmacist competency for APPEs in Korean pharmacy students throughout a pilot study.
methodsOSCE's core competency domains and case scenarios were developed through a literature review, ideation by researchers, and external experts' consensus by a Delphi method. A prospective single-arm pilot test was conducted to implement the OSCE for Korean pharmacy students who completed a 60-h course of in-class simulation IPPE. Their competencies were assessed by four assessors in each OSCE station with a pass-fail grading system accompanied by a scoring rubric.
resultsOSCE competency areas including patient counseling, provision of drug information, over-the-counter (OTC) counseling, and pharmaceutical care services were developed with four interactive and one non-interactive cases. Twenty pharmacy students participated in the OSCE pilot test, and their competencies were evaluated by 20 assessors. The performance rate was the lowest in the area of patient counseling for a respiratory inhaler (32.1%) and the highest (79.7%) in OTC counseling for constipation. The students had an average performance rate of 60.4% in their communication skills. Most participants agreed on the appropriateness, necessity, and effectiveness of the OSCE in evaluating pharmacy students' clinical performance and communication skills.
conclusionsThe OSCE model can be used to assess pharmacy students' readiness for off-campus clinical pharmacy practice experience. Our pilot study suggests the necessity of conducting an OSCE domain-based adjustment of difficulty levels, and strengthening simulation-based IPPE education.
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