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 |
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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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