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Measuring the Development of Therapeutic-Decision-Making Skills by Practicing Pharmacists Undertaking a University-Based Postgraduate Clinical Qualification at Distance

Measuring the Development of Therapeutic-Decision-Making Skills by Practicing Pharmacists Undertaking a University-Based Postgraduate Clinical Qualification at Distance

Authors :
Daniel F. B. Wright
Stephen B. Duffull
Kyle J. Wilby
Aynsley K. Peterson
Megan G. Anakin
Source :
Pharmacy, Vol 8, Iss 2, p 83 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2020.

Abstract

(1) Background: The processes and skills required to make decisions about drug therapy have been termed “therapeutic decision-making” in pharmacy practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate a tool constructed to measure the development of therapeutic-decision-making skills by practicing pharmacists undertaking a university-based continuing professional development program. (2) Methods: A pre- and post-intervention crossover study design was used to investigate the qualitative and quantitative features of practicing pharmacists’ responses to two clinical vignettes designed to measure the development of therapeutic-decision-making skills. The vignettes were assigned a score using a five-point scale and compared pre- and post-intervention. (3) Results: There was a median increase in score of 2 units on the five-point scale in the post-intervention scores compared to pre-intervention (p < 0.0001). (4) Conclusions: The results were interpreted to suggest that the participants’ responses to the vignettes are a reasonable measure of student learning. Therefore, we infer that the teaching and learning intervention successfully enabled the development of therapeutic-decision-making skills by practicing pharmacists.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22264787
Volume :
8
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Pharmacy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5c1273d0404f4920889b2cbd19eb835d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8020083