Implementing OSCE Exam for Undergraduate Pharmacy Students: A Two Institutional Mixed-Method Study

Q3 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pub Date : 2023-06-25 DOI:10.35516/jjps.v16i2.1322

Hamza Alhamad, D. Jaber, Mohammad B. Nusair, Fares Albahar, S. Edaily, N. Q. Al-hamad, Haneen A Basheer

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Introduction: This study evaluates undergraduate pharmacy students' and examiners’ perceptions of implementing OSCE exam. Methods: A sample of 185 undergraduate pharmacy students (138 from Zarqa University and 47 from Yarmouk University) and 20 examiners were invited to complete a quantitative survey and qualitative focus group discussion, respectively. Results: 103 out of 185 (56%, response rate) undergraduate pharmacy students completed the quantitative survey, with 11 examiners out of 20 (55%) agreeing to participate in the examiners' focus group discussion. Most pharmacy students agreed that OSCE exam was a practical and useful experience (74.8%) and should be part of the assessment in other pharmacy courses (61.2%). However, less than a quarter thought that OSCE exam was not fair (17.5%), very intimidating (20.4%), and needed more time (29.1%). Examiners were generally in favour of OSCE exam being well-organised and well-administered despite the need for a large place to conduct and a good number of pharmacy staff to implement. Conclusion: Pharmacy students and examiners agreed that OSCE exam is an excellent and preferable clinical assessment tool. This study provides a scheme to evaluate OSCE exam as a clinical assessment tool and would help policy-makers gain more insight into the impact of implementing OSCE exam on students' clinical knowledge and communicational skills development and learning process.

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药学本科学生实施OSCE考试:两所院校混合方法研究

引言：本研究评估了药学本科生和考官对实施OSCE考试的看法。方法：邀请185名药学本科生（138名来自扎尔卡大学，47名来自雅穆克大学）和20名考官分别完成定量调查和定性焦点小组讨论。结果：185名药学本科生中有103人（56%，回答率）完成了定量调查，20名考官中有11名（55%）同意参加考官的焦点小组讨论。大多数药学专业的学生都认为欧安组织考试是一次实用和有用的经历（74.8%），应该成为其他药学课程评估的一部分（61.2%）。然而，不到四分之一的学生认为欧安组织的考试不公平（17.5%），非常吓人（20.4%），需要更多的时间（29.1%）。尽管需要大量的场所和药房工作人员来实施，但考生们普遍支持欧安组织考试的组织和管理良好。结论：药学专业学生和检查人员一致认为OSCE考试是一种优秀且可取的临床评估工具。这项研究提供了一个评估欧安组织考试作为临床评估工具的方案，并将帮助决策者更多地了解实施欧安组织考试对学生临床知识、沟通技能发展和学习过程的影响。

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Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-Pharmaceutical Science

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期刊介绍： The Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JJPS) is a scientific, bi-annual, peer-reviewed publication that will focus on current topics of interest to the pharmaceutical community at large. Although the JJPS is intended to be of interest to pharmaceutical scientists, other healthy workers, and manufacturing processors will also find it most interesting and informative. Papers will cover basic pharmaceutical and applied research, scientific commentaries, as well as views, reviews. Topics on products will include manufacturing process, quality control, pharmaceutical engineering, pharmaceutical technology, and philosophies on all aspects of pharmaceutical sciences. The editorial advisory board would like to place an emphasis on new and innovative methods, technologies, and techniques for the pharmaceutical industry. The reader will find a broad range of important topics in this first issue.