The development and use of a pharmacist-specific Mini-CEX for postgraduate year trainees in Taiwan

Autor: Tzu Hsuan Lu, Chung Jen Wei, Yueh Ping Liu, Cho Yu Chan, Chiung Hsuan Chiu, Wan Tsui Huang, Shu Chen Chien
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Adult
Male
020205 medical informatics
Mini-CEX
education
Pharmacist
Taiwan
lcsh:Medicine
Pilot Projects
02 engineering and technology
Pharmacists
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Postgraduate year training program
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
PGY trainees
Work-based assessment
Medical education
lcsh:LC8-6691
Descriptive statistics
lcsh:Special aspects of education
Professional development
lcsh:R
Core competency
Internship and Residency
On-the-job training
General Medicine
Test (assessment)
Clinical pharmacy
Pharmaceutical care
Education
Pharmacy
Female
lipids (amino acids
peptides
and proteins)
Clinical Competence
Educational Measurement
Psychology
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
BMC Medical Education
ISSN: 1472-6920
Popis: Background Clinical pharmacists must have a complex combination of academic knowledge and practical experience that integrates all aspects of practice. Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2007 launched the Postgraduate Year (PGY) training program to increase the standard of pharmaceutical care. This study aims to develop a pharmacist-specific Chinese-language Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) to evaluate the professional development of postgraduate year trainees. Method The specialized Mini-CEX was developed based on the core competencies of pharmacists, published literature, and expert opinion. A pilot test and evaluator workshop were held prior to the administration of the main test. Fifty-three samples were recruited. The main study was conducted at two regional teaching hospitals and a medical center teaching hospital in Taiwan between February and June 2012. The results were analyzed with the kappa statistic (inter-rater reliability) and descriptive statistics, while the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to examine the PGY trainees’ Mini-CEX scores based on their performances. Results Trainees who had recently completed PGY programs (C-PGY) and 2nd year PGY trainees (PGY2) earned excellent scores, while the 1st year PGY trainees (PGY1) earned satisfactory scores in overall performance. C-PGY and PGY2 trainees also performed significantly better than PGY1 trainees in the organization and efficiency domain, and the communication skills domain. Conclusion This study demonstrates the feasibility of using the newly developed pharmacist-specific Chinese-language version of the Mini-CEX instrument to evaluate the core competencies of PGY trainees in clinical settings. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-019-1602-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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