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Analyzing course objectives: assessing critical thinking in the pharmacy curriculum.

Phillip J Vuchetich¹, William R Hamilton, S Omar Ahmad

¹Department of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA. philv@creighton.edu

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This study assessed critical thinking in a pharmacy curriculum using Bloom's taxonomy. Results show over half of objectives met critical thinking criteria, with a significant increase in the final year.

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Area of Science:

Pharmacy Education
Curriculum Assessment
Cognitive Science

Background:

Assessing critical thinking is vital for pharmacy program evaluation.
Bloom's taxonomy provides a framework for categorizing cognitive learning objectives.

Purpose of the Study:

To measure the proportion of critical thinking objectives within a Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum.
To analyze the distribution of critical thinking objectives across different years of study.

Main Methods:

Analysis of course syllabi to identify cognitive learning objectives.
Application of Bloom's taxonomy (Level 3 and higher) as an indicator of critical thinking.
Statistical analysis (Kruskal-Wallis test) to compare objective distribution across curriculum years.

Main Results:

54.90% of cognitive objectives in the studied pharmacy program met critical thinking criteria.
Critical thinking objectives were evenly distributed in the first three years.
A significantly higher percentage of critical thinking objectives were identified in the final year (p = 0.0018).

Conclusions:

The pharmacy curriculum's explicit objectives show a concentration of critical thinking in the final year, likely during clinical rotations.
The described methodology can aid curriculum committees in tracking and mapping critical thinking development.
This approach complements assessments of the implicit curriculum.