Measuring the Development of Therapeutic-Decision-Making Skills by Practicing Pharmacists Undertaking a University-Based Postgraduate Clinical Qualification at Distance
(1) <b>Background:</b> 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...
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MDPI AG,
2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | (1) <b>Background:</b> 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) <b>Methods:</b> 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) <b>Results:</b> There was a median increase in score of 2 units on the five-point scale in the post-intervention scores compared to pre-intervention (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). (4) <b>Conclusions:</b> 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. |
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| Item Description: | 10.3390/pharmacy8020083 2226-4787 |