OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate an evaluation tool to assess student pharmacists' performance in a simulation scenario involving a patient with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). METHODS: The authors used an expert panel review process to establish content validity of the tool. Four faculty members used the tool to evaluate student pharmacist groups during 2011 and tested a modified version of the tool in 2012. The authors analyzed the results for each year to determine internal consistency and inter-rater reliability. RESULTS: The 2011 tool demonstrated sound internal consistency, but several items had poor inter-rater agreement. The revised 2012 tool demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and good to excellent inter-rater agreement for all items except one. CONCLUSIONS: The tool facilitated reliable assessment of student pharmacists' clinical decision-making during simulation performance involving a patient with CDI.
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate an evaluation tool to assess student pharmacists' performance in a simulation scenario involving a patient with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). METHODS: The authors used an expert panel review process to establish content validity of the tool. Four faculty members used the tool to evaluate student pharmacist groups during 2011 and tested a modified version of the tool in 2012. The authors analyzed the results for each year to determine internal consistency and inter-rater reliability. RESULTS: The 2011 tool demonstrated sound internal consistency, but several items had poor inter-rater agreement. The revised 2012 tool demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and good to excellent inter-rater agreement for all items except one. CONCLUSIONS: The tool facilitated reliable assessment of student pharmacists' clinical decision-making during simulation performance involving a patient with CDI.
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