Korean J Clin Pharm.  2017 Sep;27(3):119-126. 10.24304/kjcp.2017.27.3.119.

Selection of Tasks for Assessment of Pharmacy Clinical Performance in Korean Pharmacist Licensure Examination: Results of an Expert Survey

• Han N
• Lee JY
• Gwak HS
• Lee BK
• Lee YS
• Lee S
• Yong CS
• Kim JH
• Oh JM

• KMID: 2405665
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24304/kjcp.2017.27.3.119

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
As the demands of pharmacist's role and quality performance have increased, the verification of pharmacist's ability has been required. In this study, we aimed to select appropriate items for assessment of pharmacist's knowledge, attitude and performance.
METHODS
Based on the pharmacist job analysis, we selected duties and tasks in consideration of applying pharmacy practical examination through brainstorming of internal researchers and group discussion with experts. Survey was conducted to evaluate the tasks according to the criteria detailed below: Realistic, Understandable, Measurable, Behavioral and Achievable (RUMBA). The subjects included professors at colleges of pharmacy and instructors of institutional or community pharmacy settings.
RESULTS
Nine duties including 41 tasks were drawn for the survey through primary internal researchers. Of the 90 respondents, 95.6% were professors or preceptors who was engaged in practical training, and 62.2% had more than five years of practical experience. As a result of survey and discussion with expert panel, selected seven duties were selected as followings: "˜Patient (customer) reception', "˜Drug preparation and distribution', "˜Patient care', "˜Administration', "˜Patient counseling', "˜Non-prescription medication counseling', and "˜Provision of drug information'. The final 20 tasks from seven duties were chosen to assess skills that a pharmacist should be able to perform.
CONCLUSION
This is the first study to select the items that can be included in pharmacist practical examination in the future, based on the RUMBA criteria. As a next step, it is necessary to study how to implement these items.

Keyword

Clinical practice; pharmacy license examination; objective structured clinical examination (OSCE); clinical performance examination (CPX); RUMBA

MeSH Terms

Humans
Licensure*
Pharmacies
Pharmacists*
Pharmacy*
Surveys and Questionnaires