Introduction:

Pharmacists play an important role in ensuring the safe, effective, and rational use of drugs in self-medication. Given the potential risks of self-medication, adequate training on self-medication counseling should be provided to pharmacy students during their academic education. Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) could be used to train pharmacy students in these skills. This study evaluated the efficacy of an OSCE-based approach for training pharmacy students in self-medication counseling and communication skills.

Methods:

This randomized controlled study was conducted among pharmacy students using a pre-post design. The intervention group completed OSCE-based self-medication training, while the control group collected counseling-relevant information from summaries of product characteristics of over-the-counter drugs. The counseling and communication skills of both groups before and after training were assessed by completing OSCEs. The participants completed a self-assessment questionnaire on self-confidence and self-perceived proficiency before each OSCE encounter and a satisfaction survey at the end of the seminar.

Results:

Students were generally satisfied with the seminar. While the OSCE-trained group demonstrated significantly greater increases in counseling skills and self-confidence and self-perceived proficiency than the control group, both groups had similar increases in communication skills.

Conclusion:

The present study suggests that applying OSCEs as a learning tool for self-medication counseling is beneficial for improving students’ counseling skills as well as self-confidence and self-perceived proficiency. These results support the inclusion of OSCEs in pharmacy education and highlight its potential to bridge gaps between knowledge and practice.

中文翻译：

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使用基于客观结构化临床考试的方法培训药学学生进行自我药疗咨询

介绍：

药师在保障自我用药安全、有效、合理用药方面发挥着重要作用。鉴于自我用药的潜在风险，应在药学学生的学术教育期间为他们提供适当的自我用药咨询培训。客观结构化临床考试 (OSCE) 可用于培训药学学生掌握这些技能。本研究评估了基于欧安组织的方法在培训药学学生自我用药咨询和沟通技巧方面的效果。

方法：

这项随机对照研究是在药学学生中使用前后设计进行的。干预组完成了基于欧安组织的自我用药培训，而对照组则从非处方药产品特性的总结中收集咨询相关信息。通过完成 OSCE 来评估两组培训前后的咨询和沟通技巧。参与者在每次欧安组织会面之前完成了一份关于自信和自我感知能力的自我评估问卷，并在研讨会结束时完成了一项满意度调查。

结果：

学生普遍对研讨会感到满意。虽然受过欧安组织培训的小组在咨询技能、自信心和自我感知能力方面的提高显着高于对照组，但两组的沟通技巧都有相似的提高。

结论：

本研究表明，将 OSCEs 用作自我用药咨询的学习工具，有利于提高学生的咨询技能以及自信心和自我感知能力。这些结果支持将欧安组织纳入药学教育，并突出其弥合知识与实践差距的潜力。