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August 1, 2026Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and LearningOpen Access

Adaptive objective structured clinical examinations across a pharmacy curriculum

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CBCarrie BakerRBRiley BowersEMElizabeth Mills

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Overview

Randomized trial evaluates adaptive OSCEs for personalized learning in pharmacy students, indicating improved skills.

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate the implementation and perceptions of adaptive OSCEs in a pharmacy curriculum.
  • Pharmacy students participated in adaptive OSCEs tailored to their course content.
  • Students completed a baseline OSCE followed by remediation or advanced practice OSCE based on performance.
  • Surveys were conducted to evaluate perceptions and a knowledge assessment quantified learning.
  • 185 students participated with 82.7% completing surveys and 63.8% completing knowledge assessments.
  • Students agreed that adaptive OSCEs improved critical thinking (69%) and therapy assessment (85%).
  • Students perceived greater benefit in recommending therapies (73%) compared to faculty (50%).

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Baker et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6d97eae258b358b3c6ac9dhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2026.102748
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