Pharmacy OSCEs and Competency-Based Assessments

<p>Patient safety is now a very strong focus of pharmacy degrees. Competency-based evaluations of pharmacy students using simulated assessments including Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Criterion Referenced Assessments (CRAs) are increasingly commonplace. These are designed to simulate aspects of real-life pharmacy practice in order to train students to integrate their knowledge of medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, therapeutics, legislation, clinical skills, numeracy, communication and empathy, and to test a student's ability to provide safe and effective patient care. </p> <p>This book provides a unique resource to support students and trainers in developing and practising these essential skills. It is designed as a useful resource for undergraduate students, clinical tutors and those involved in teaching students on pharmacy degree courses.</p><b> <p>Format</p> <ul></b> <p> <li>OSCE outline</li> <ul> <p> <li>Format (written/interactive)</li> <p> <li>Level of difficulty </li> <p> <li>Time limit </li> <p> <li>Props supplied (e.g. BNF)</li> <p> <li>Competencies tested </li> </ul> <p> <li>Station task </li> <p> <li>Model Answers and sample marking schemes</li> <p> <li>Tips </li> </ul><ul> <li>Short chapter introductions about how to tackle the type of problems encountered in the chapter.</li></ul> <ul> <p> <li>Station examples to test your ability to integrate knowledge and skills.</li> <p> <li>Stations written in detail so that you can practise and then check or score performance against model answers. </li> <p> <li>Examples of competency-based assessments designed to assess the level of integration between science and practice. </li> </ul>