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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2023

A Pharmacy Drug Knowledge Assessment Pilot: Who Will Fly Farthest and What Downs the Plane?

Laura K Sjoquist, Suzanne M Surowiec, Jason W Guy

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura K SjoquistCollege of Pharmacy, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH 45840, USA.
Suzanne M SurowiecCollege of Pharmacy, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH 45840, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2171-4323
Jason W GuyCollege of Pharmacy, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH 45840, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8564-0116
University of Findlay · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a sequenced drug knowledge pilot in third professional year students in a capstone course.

methodsA three-phase drug knowledge pilot was conducted in spring 2022. Students completed a total of thirteen assessments, including nine low-stakes quizzes, three formative tests, and a final summative comprehensive exam. Results from the previous year's cohort (historical control) who only completed a summative comprehensive exam were compared to the pilot (test group) results to assess effectiveness. The faculty spent over 300 h developing content for the test group.

resultsThe pilot group had a mean score of 80.9% on the final competency exam, which was one percent lower than the control group who had a less rigorous intervention. A sub-analysis was conducted that removed the students who failed (<73%) the final competency exam, and no significant difference in the exam score was found. One practice drug exam was found to be moderately correlated and significant (r = 0.62) with the final knowledge exam performance in the control. The number of attempts on the low-stakes assessments had a low correlation with the final exam score in the test group compared to the control (r = 0.24).

conclusionThe results of this study suggest a need to further investigate the best practices for knowledge-based drug characteristic assessments.

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assessmentdrug characteristicseducationmedicationspharmacy

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PMID37218967
PMCPMC10204493
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