Student and pre-registration pharmacist performance in a UK Prescribing Assessment

Power, Ailsa and Stewart, Derek and Craig, Gail and Boyter, Anne and Reid, Fiona and Stewart, Fiona and Cunningham, Scott and Maxwell, Simon (2021) Student and pre-registration pharmacist performance in a UK Prescribing Assessment. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. ISSN 2210-7711 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-021-01317-z)

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Abstract

Student and pre-registration pharmacist performance in a UK Prescribing Assessment': room for improvement and need for curricular change Background Increasingly the global policy direction is for patient-facing pharmacist prescribers. The 'UK Prescribing Safety Assessment' (PSA) was developed for medical graduates to demonstrate prescribing competencies in relation to the safe and effective use of medicines. Objectives To determine PSA performance of final year undergraduate student pharmacists (year 4) and pre-registration pharmacy graduates (year 5) and explore their opinions on its suitability. Setting Scotland, UK Methods Final year undergraduates (n = 238) and pre-registration pharmacists (n = 167) were briefed and undertook the PSA. PSA questions were mapped to specific thematic areas with 30 questions over 60 min. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. A questionnaire was completed to gauge opinions on appropriateness of the PSA. Main Outcome Measure PSA scores Results Mean total PSA score for pre-registration pharmacists (64.4, SD 10) was significantly higher than for undergraduates (51.2, SD 12.0,) (p

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Power, Ailsa, Stewart, Derek, Craig, Gail, Boyter, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6088-5571, Reid, Fiona, Stewart, Fiona, Cunningham, Scott and Maxwell, Simon;
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