Assessment of student performance and perceptions of learning in a medication use evaluation project

To describe and assess student perceptions and performance on a medication use evaluation (MUE) team project.

Following a 1-hour MUE lecture in a 62-student patient safety course, student teams (n=14) were assigned a medication safety or quality issue. Teams worked with a mentor to design an MUE to address the issue. The deliverable was a verbal presentation recorded as a webinar.

Presentations were assessed by 2 reviewers for content and style. Mean score was 45.0 +/- 2.7 of 50 points. Students rated level of agreement that they could perform MUE-related skills pre- and postproject (n=35 and 34, respectively) on a 5-point Likert scale. Students perceived improved ability to design an MUE after project completion (median 3 vs 4; p=0.003). Student comfort with sample determination, data, collaborators, study limitations, and potential project impact also improved.

Teams achieved the objective of successfully designing an MUE, and related enabling outcomes (ie, supportive activities that contribute to designing an MUE), as measured by evaluators and student perceptions.