title: Case-based assessment in an online nursing pharmacotherapy course.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To implement and evaluate the effectiveness of case-based assessments in an online pharmacotherapy course for nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four case-based examinations developed in parallel for the midterm and final examinations and designed to address potential barriers to maintaining academic integrity were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The use of online, case-based assessments was successful in providing 4 parallel examinations that assessed case-based decision making while maintaining academic integrity and minimizing instructor grading burden.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using an online, case-based assessment strategy is effective and feasible for evaluating the clinical application knowledge of nursing students enrolled in a pharmacotherapy course.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, 55455, USA. loun0015@umn.edu
authors.forename: Jody L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lounsbery
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pittenger
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D003657:Decision Making; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019359:Knowledge