Evaluating clinical performance: a study of undergraduate pharmacy students

摘要

The report in 2001 by Professor Ian Kennedy, relating to the quality of paediatric cardiac surgery in the Bristol area, highlighted a fundamental principle of patient care which emphasised that patients are entitled to be cared for by healthcare professionals who possess the relevant and up to date skills and expertise.1 The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), an accepted and validated assessment tool, has been used to assess the competency of doctors since the early 1970s and was recently introduced into the University of Brighton MPharm programme.2 This study aims to evaluate the clinical performance of a final year cohort in order to highlight the clinical skills gap of these students.