The development and use of a pharmacist-specific Mini-CEX for postgraduate year trainees in Taiwan

BMC Medical Education

Chiung-Hsuan Chiu¹  Wan-Tsui Huang¹  Shu-Chen Chien²  Tzu-Hsuan Lu³  Cho-Yu Chan⁴  Yueh-Ping Liu⁵  Chung-Jen Wei⁶ 

[1] 0000 0000 9337 0481, grid.412896.0, Department of Pharmacy. Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. School of Pharmacy. Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan;0000 0000 9337 0481, grid.412896.0, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan;0000 0004 0639 0994, grid.412897.1, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;0000 0004 0419 7197, grid.412955.e, Medical Quality Department, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan;0000 0004 0572 7372, grid.413814.b, Changhua Christian Hospital, Chunghua, Taiwan;0000 0004 0572 7815, grid.412094.a, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;0000 0004 1937 1063, grid.256105.5, Department of Public Health, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan;

关键词: On-the-job training;    Work-based assessment;    Postgraduate year training program;    Mini-CEX;    PGY trainees;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-019-1602-2

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【 摘 要 】

BackgroundClinical pharmacists must have a complex combination of academic knowledge and practical experience that integrates all aspects of practice. Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2007 launched the Postgraduate Year (PGY) training program to increase the standard of pharmaceutical care. This study aims to develop a pharmacist-specific Chinese-language Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) to evaluate the professional development of postgraduate year trainees.MethodThe specialized Mini-CEX was developed based on the core competencies of pharmacists, published literature, and expert opinion. A pilot test and evaluator workshop were held prior to the administration of the main test. Fifty-three samples were recruited. The main study was conducted at two regional teaching hospitals and a medical center teaching hospital in Taiwan between February and June 2012. The results were analyzed with the kappa statistic (inter-rater reliability) and descriptive statistics, while the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to examine the PGY trainees’ Mini-CEX scores based on their performances.ResultsTrainees who had recently completed PGY programs (C-PGY) and 2nd year PGY trainees (PGY2) earned excellent scores, while the 1st year PGY trainees (PGY1) earned satisfactory scores in overall performance. C-PGY and PGY2 trainees also performed significantly better than PGY1 trainees in the organization and efficiency domain, and the communication skills domain.ConclusionThis study demonstrates the feasibility of using the newly developed pharmacist-specific Chinese-language version of the Mini-CEX instrument to evaluate the core competencies of PGY trainees in clinical settings.

【 授权许可】

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