Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students

Introduction: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is one of the assessments that objectively evaluate the students' competency in handling the specific hands-on clinical tasks. The rubrics of the assessment is very critical to be evaluated ensuring its validity. Objectives: This st...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani, Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Zin, Che Suraya
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/3/ICPRP2019%20programme%20book.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/9/Poster4_ICPRP.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/10/ID_225.pdf

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spelling	iium-787812020-02-18T01:11:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/ Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Zin, Che Suraya RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents Introduction: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is one of the assessments that objectively evaluate the students' competency in handling the specific hands-on clinical tasks. The rubrics of the assessment is very critical to be evaluated ensuring its validity. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the item analysis method in objectively analyse the validity of the assessment rubrics developed for OSCE in the field of pharmacy. Methodology: Fifty-four (54) students participated in the OSCE and were divided into three groups of the concurrent session with four active stations and two preparatory stations. The examiners were well-trained on the assessment rubrics before the examination for standardization. The questions and assessment rubrics were developed and vetted earlier in a group of vetting committee who were expert in the field of pharmacy practice and languages. There were four (4) tasks in the active stations namely; i) Insulin device counselling, ii) Extemporaneous preparation of spironolactone syrup, iii) Unit of dose supply and iv) Psychotropic drugs recording and supply. Results: Majority of the items in the rubrics showed acceptable levels of discrimination (>0.3) and difficulty (0.25-0.85) index except for a few items that need to be reviewed and improvised literally or constructively. Conclusion: Item analysis method is useful in analysing the validity of the assessment rubrics developed for OSCE in Pharmacy field. 2019-10-20 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/3/ICPRP2019%20programme%20book.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/9/Poster4_ICPRP.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78781/10/ID_225.pdf Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani and Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz and Zin, Che Suraya (2019) Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students. In: International Conference on Pharmaceutical Research and Pharmacy Practice cum 14th IIUM-MPS Pharmacy Scientific Conference (ICPRP 2019), 19-20th October 2019, Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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description	Introduction: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is one of the assessments that objectively evaluate the students' competency in handling the specific hands-on clinical tasks. The rubrics of the assessment is very critical to be evaluated ensuring its validity. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the item analysis method in objectively analyse the validity of the assessment rubrics developed for OSCE in the field of pharmacy. Methodology: Fifty-four (54) students participated in the OSCE and were divided into three groups of the concurrent session with four active stations and two preparatory stations. The examiners were well-trained on the assessment rubrics before the examination for standardization. The questions and assessment rubrics were developed and vetted earlier in a group of vetting committee who were expert in the field of pharmacy practice and languages. There were four (4) tasks in the active stations namely; i) Insulin device counselling, ii) Extemporaneous preparation of spironolactone syrup, iii) Unit of dose supply and iv) Psychotropic drugs recording and supply. Results: Majority of the items in the rubrics showed acceptable levels of discrimination (>0.3) and difficulty (0.25-0.85) index except for a few items that need to be reviewed and improvised literally or constructively. Conclusion: Item analysis method is useful in analysing the validity of the assessment rubrics developed for OSCE in Pharmacy field.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Zin, Che Suraya
author_facet	Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Zin, Che Suraya
author_sort	Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani
title	Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students
title_short	Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students
title_full	Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students
title_fullStr	Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students
title_full_unstemmed	Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students
title_sort	item analysis of objective structured clinical examination (osce) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students
publishDate	2019
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Item analysis of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment rubrics for undergraduate pharmacy students

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