Application of Objective Structured Clinical Examination to Pharmacy Clinical Skills Assessment in Foreign Countries and Its Enlightenment to China
10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2015.27.46
- VernacularTitle:国外客观结构化临床考试在药学临床技能评估中的应用及对我国的启示
- Author:
Jiaqi LI
;
Changqing YANG
;
Feng YU
;
Xuansheng DING
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Objective structured clinical examination;
Clinical pharmacy;
Pharmacy education;
Enlightenment
- From:
China Pharmacy
2015;(27):3875-3877,3878
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the establishment of clinical skills evaluation system in students majored in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy of China. METHODS:Retrieved from pharmacy OSCE literatures and the related websites,phar-macy OSCE contents and evaluation in the United States,the United Kingdom,Canada,Japan,Malaysia and other countries were introduced to provide suggestions for clinical skills evaluation system in students majored in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy of Chi-na. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:OSCE had widely applied in medicine,nursing and other professional clinical skills,the United States,the United Kingdom and other countries had applied OSCE into pharmacy,and confirmed its important role in assessment of clinical competence in pharmacy students. There was no uniform standard in OSCE,and OSCE examinations were slightly different in different countries and different schools. Pharmacy OSCE usually based on school courses such as pharmacotherapy,clinical pharmacokinetics,medicine information,pharmaceutical care,doctor-patient communication,identification and solving ability of clinical drug-related issues. Numerous college of pharmacy in domestic colleges and universities has added the practice-based cours-es,but evaluation system and assessment methods are poor. Almost no OSCE is applied for the assessment of pharmacy students. OSCE has short application time in pharmacy education and relatively less study,therefore,pharmacy OSCE in foreign countries should be learnt to assess clinical skills of pharmacy students,establish and improve the pharmacy OSCE that is suitable for China by combining with the pharmacy education status.
