Assessment of student performance and perceptions of learning in a medication use evaluation project.
OBJECTIVE
To describe and assess student perceptions and performance on a medication use evaluation (MUE) team project.


METHODS
Following a 1-hour MUE lecture in a 62-student patient safety course, student teams (n=14) were assigned a medication safety or quality issue. Teams worked with a mentor to design an MUE to address the issue. The deliverable was a verbal presentation recorded as a webinar.


RESULTS
Presentations were assessed by 2 reviewers for content and style. Mean score was 45.0 +/- 2.7 of 50 points. Students rated level of agreement that they could perform MUE-related skills pre- and postproject (n=35 and 34, respectively) on a 5-point Likert scale. Students perceived improved ability to design an MUE after project completion (median 3 vs 4; p=0.003). Student comfort with sample determination, data, collaborators, study limitations, and potential project impact also improved.


CONCLUSIONS
Teams achieved the objective of successfully designing an MUE, and related enabling outcomes (ie, supportive activities that contribute to designing an MUE), as measured by evaluators and student perceptions.
Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Robert D
RD
Beckett
Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Ozlem H
OH
Ersin
Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Yu-Chieh
YC
Chen
D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D010465:Perception; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
Medication use evaluation; medication safety; pharmacy informatics