Cost-Effectiveness of Using Standardized Patients to Assess Student-Pharmacist Communication Skills.
Am J Pharm Educ
; 81(10): 6120, 2017 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-29367775
ABSTRACT
Objective. To explore the cost-effectiveness of including standardized patients (SP) in the didactic curriculum for application and assessment of students' pharmacist-patient communication skills. Methods. Five role play/case study (RP/CS) activities from a communication skills curriculum were replaced with five SP encounters. Communication was assessed using a rubric. This study developed an economic model to examine the costs and effectiveness of replacing RP/CS events with SP events in knowledge-application and communication assessment. Costs consisted of SP hourly wages for training and delivery of SP events. Outcomes examined were the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per student. Results. The ICER comparing SP to RP/CS was $100.93 higher per student on first-attempt pass rates and $9.04 per one-point increase in the mean score. Conclusion. SP was more effective and more costly than RP/CS. Further research into students' willingness to pay needs to occur before determining if using SPs is cost-effective in teaching communication skills.
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ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
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Avaliacao_economica
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Financiamentos_gastos
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Farmacêuticos
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Estudantes de Farmácia
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Simulação de Paciente
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Comunicação
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Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Pharm Educ
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article