title: Design and Implementation of a Video-based Clinical Examination.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To (1) describe the development of a Video-based Clinical Examination (VCE) as a formal testing format to evaluate student ability to make an accurate pharmaceutical assessment and recommendation, and (2) determine student perception of the VCE testing format.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study of first-year pharmacy students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and twenty-nine students were included in the study. Students perceived that the VCE testing format provided a real life/interactive environment but felt rushed as the video segments of the patient/pharmacist interaction occurred quickly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the findings of this project, we will continue to pursue further research related to validity, reliability and application of VCEs. However, the University of Colorado will continue to incorporate VCEs in the performance based evaluations in the Professional Skills Development 1 course, as it appears to be an effective stepping-stone for first-year students to begin developing their active listening, higher level learning and problem-solving skills. Results of this project will be shared with the faculty and curriculum committee at the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy to encourage further use and research of VCEs in other courses.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Clinical Pharmacy University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Denver , Colorado , USA.
authors.forename: Connie A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Valdez
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paulsen
keywords: Knowledge retention; clinical competency; performance-based examination; performance-based examination problembased examination.; problembased examination