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. 2019 Sep;75(9):1261-1268.
doi: 10.1007/s00228-019-02686-1. Epub 2019 May 18.

Towards a "prescribing license" for medical students: development and quality evaluation of an assessment for safe prescribing

David R M Jansen  1 , Carolina J P W Keijsers  2 , Michiel O Kornelissen  3 , Marcel G M Olde Rikkert  4 , Cornelis Kramers  5 ; (on behalf of the education working group of the Dutch Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmacy)
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Towards a "prescribing license" for medical students: development and quality evaluation of an assessment for safe prescribing

David R M Jansen et al. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Sep.

Abstract

Purpose: This report describes the development and validation process of an assessment with national consensus in appropriate and safe pharmacotherapy.

Methods: A question-database on safe prescription based on literature of pharmacotherapy-related harm was developed by an expert group from Dutch medical faculties. Final-year medical students concluded a 2-year education program on appropriate and safe prescription by one of nine assessment variants of 40 multiple-choice questions each. An expert panel of professionals (n = 10) answered all database questions and rated questions on relevance. Questions were selected for revision based on lack of relevance or poor test and item characteristics.

Results: A total of 576 final-year medical students of the Radboud University was assessed. There was no significant difference in performance between students and content expert group (p = 0.7), probably due to learning behavior. Out of 165 questions, 59 were selected for revision.

Conclusion: Joint national effort from a team of experts in prescription and pharmacotherapy is an appropriate way to achieve a valid and reliable last-year student drug prescription assessment.

Keywords: Education; Medication safety; Prescribing.

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