Journal article
Use of Situational Judgment Tests to Teach Empathy, Assertiveness, Communication, and Ethics
American journal of pharmaceutical education, Vol.86(6), pp.673-678
08/01/2022
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe8761
PMCID: PMC10159436
PMID: 34785498
Abstract
Objective. The objectives of this study were to develop situational judgment test (SJT) scenarios for use in teaching empathy, assertiveness, and interprofessional communication in second-year pharmacy (P2) students and ethics in third-year pharmacy (P3) students, determine whether the SJTs developed were effective at measuring students' communication skills and ethical judgment, compare the performance of individual third-year students to the performance of teams of third-year students on the ethics SJT, and evaluate student feedback about SJTs as a teaching tool. Methods. Pharmacy faculty developed five SJT scenarios related to communications and five SJT sce-narios related to ethics and piloted the scenarios with P2 and P3 students, respectively. Second-year stu-dents completed SJTs individually, while P3 students completed SJTs individually and in teams. Scenarios and responses were discussed with faculty after completion of the SJTs, and students com-pleted a questionnaire to provide feedback on the SJTs. Results. The communications SJT was completed by 59 P2 students with a mean score of 67.5%. The ethics SJT was completed by 57 P3 students with a mean score of 80.1%. The ethics SJT was also com-pleted by 10 teams of P3 students resulting in a mean score of 93.2%. Students indicated the SJT content was realistic and the tests provided the opportunity to reflect on how to approach challenging situations. Conclusion. Situational judgment tests were useful for teaching empathy, assertiveness, interprofes-sional communication, and ethics in pharmacy students. Future research should focus on predictive valid-ity of SJTs for these content areas.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Use of Situational Judgment Tests to Teach Empathy, Assertiveness, Communication, and Ethics
- Creators
- Kathryn J. Smith - University of OklahomaStephen Neely - University of OklahomaVincent C. Dennis - University of OklahomaMisty M. Miller - University of OklahomaMelissa S. Medina - University of Oklahoma
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of pharmaceutical education, Vol.86(6), pp.673-678
- DOI
- 10.5688/ajpe8761
- PMID
- 34785498
- PMCID
- PMC10159436
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Pharm Educ
- ISSN
- 0002-9459
- eISSN
- 1553-6467
- Publisher
- Amer Assoc Coll Pharmacy
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy Practice and Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984721124402771
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