title: Standardization of Course Plan and Design of Objective Structured Field Examination (OSFE) for the Assessment of Pharm.D. Student's Community Pharmacy Clerkship Skills.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was aimed to design Objective Structured Field Examination (OSFE) and also standardize the course plan of community pharmacy clerkship at Pharmacy Faculty of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Iran).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was composed of several stages including; evaluation of the old program, standardization and implementation of the new course plan, design and implementation of OSFE, and finally results evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lack of a fair final assessment protocol and proper organized educating system in various fields of community pharmacy clerkship skills were assigned as the main weaknesses of the old program. Educational priorities were determined and student's feedback was assessed to design the new curriculum consisting of sessions to fulfill a 60-hour training course. More than 70% of the students were satisfied and successfulness and efficiency of the new clerkship program was significantly greater than the old program (P<0.05). In addition, they believed that OSFE was a suitable testing method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The defined course plan was successfully improved different skills of the students and OSFE was concluded as a proper performance based assessment method. This is easily adoptable by pharmacy faculties to improve the educational outcomes of the clerkship course.
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors: Farnaz
authors: F
authors: Monajjemzadeh
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors: Javad
authors: J
authors: Shokri
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors: Ali Reza
authors: AR
authors: Mohajel Nayebi
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors: Mahboob
authors: M
authors: Nemati
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors: Yadollah
authors: Y
authors: Azarmi
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Charkhpour
authors: Medical Education Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors: Moslem
authors: M
authors: Najafi
keywords: Community Pharmacy Clerkship; Curriculum; OSFE; Performance Based Assessment