Pharmacy Student Self-Testing as a Predictor of Examination Performance | Zendy

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Pharmacy Student Self-Testing as a Predictor of Examination Performance

Author(s) -

David W. Stewart,

Peter C. Panus,

Nicholas E. Hagemeier,

Jim Thigpen,

Lauren Brooks

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

american journal of pharmaceutical education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.796

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1553-6467

pISSN - 0002-9459

DOI - 10.5688/ajpe78232

Subject(s) - pharmacy , medical education , final examination , medicine , percentile , educational measurement , psychology , test (biology) , family medicine , pedagogy , curriculum , paleontology , biology , statistics , mathematics

To determine if student self-testing improves performance during a doctor of pharmacy course.Students were given access to online quizzes with a large pool of randomly selected questions specific to upcoming examination content. Quizzes were electronically scored immediately upon completion and students were provided corrective feedback.Examination scores following implementation of the practice quizzes were significantly higher in all but the last testing period. The upper fiftieth percentile of students scored higher on both the practice quizzes and subsequent examinations in all but the fourth testing period.Providing pharmacy students with self-testing opportunities could increase their retention of course material and provide feedback to both students and educators regarding learning, as well as provide students with a measure of their metacognition.

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