Using prescribing very short answer questions to identify sources of medication errors: a prospective study in two UK medical schools.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the utility and ability of the novel prescribing very short answer (VSA) question format to identify the sources of undergraduate prescribing errors when compared with the conventional single best answer (SBA) question format and assess the acceptability of machine marking prescribing VSAs.

Design

A prospective study involving analysis of data generated from a pilot two-part prescribing assessment.

Setting

Two UK medical schools.

Participants

364 final year medical students took part. Participation was voluntary. There were no other inclusion or exclusion criteria.

Outcomes

(1) Time taken to mark and verify VSA questions (acceptability), (2) differences between VSA and SBA scores, (3) performance in VSA and (4) SBA format across diffe

SUBMITTER: Sam AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6629393 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature