title: Pharmaceutical care plan examinations to identify students at risk for poor performance in advanced pharmacy practice experiences.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate early predictors of advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) performance using either timed pharmaceutical care plan (TPCP) reports of 4 case histories or traditional lecture-based pharmacotherapy course examinations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Statistical process control (SPC) methods were used to identify a group of third-year pharmacy students "at risk" for poor APPE performance (defined as an APPE grade point average of < 3.0). Examination scores from an integrated lecture-based pharmacotherapy sequence were used for comparison.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TPCP scores but not lecture-based examination scores successfully identified 6 of 10 students who ultimately performed poorly in their APPEs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adaptation of SPC methods to assess student performance during problem-based learning (PBL) case reports is a useful technique for identifying students "at risk" for poor APPE performance.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8333, USA. vculb@pharmacy.isu.edu
authors.forename: Vaughn L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Culbertson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012306:Risk; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000592:standards; D013339:Students, Pharmacy