A Standardized Patient Counseling Rubric for a Pharmaceutical Care and Communications Course

作者：Horton Niambi^*; Payne Kenna D; Jernigan Michelle; Frost Jill; Wise Stephen; Klein Mary; Epps Joel; Anderson H Glenn

来源：American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2013, 77(7): 152.

DOI：10.5688/ajpe777152

• medication counseling
• rubric
• pharmaceutical care
• communications
• objective structured clinical examination

Objective. To restructure a required pharmaceutical care and communications course to place greater emphasis on communication skills and include a high-stakes assessment. %26lt;br%26gt;Design. A standardized counseling rubric was developed for use throughout the pharmacy curriculum and the counseling laboratory practicals were changed to high-stakes assessments. %26lt;br%26gt;Assessment. An annual mid-semester and end-of-semester high-stakes patient-counseling objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) conducted prior to and after revision of the course and counseling rubric documented improvements in students%26apos; scores. Performance on the post-course annual assessment patient counseling OSCE improved compared to that on the pre-course (p %26lt; 0.001). %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion. The 2010 course revision improved students%26apos; medication counseling abilities and readiness to practice. Major course revisions should be undertaken only after input from all stakeholders and with data to support the need for change.

• 出版日期2013