Table 2 Perception of pharmacy student/graduate about the use of simulated patients in Professional Skills course activities (n = 103)
Learning and assessment activity item | Responses, n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Cannot recall | |
Interacting with a student colleague(s) is/was preferred over interacting with SPs during Professional Skills course activities. | 7 (6.8) | 19 (18.4) | 22 (21.4) | 35 (34) | 20 (19.4) | 0 (0) |
Interacting with a course instructor(s) is/was preferred over interacting with SPs during Professional Skills course activities. | 13 (12.6) | 19 (18.4) | 19 (18.4) | 38 (36.9) | 14 (13.6) | 0 (0) |
Interacting with SPs is/was important for me to build good communication skills during Professional Skills course activities. | 49 (47.6) | 46 (44.7) | 4 (3.9) | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Interacting with SPs makes/made me LESS confident in data gathering process during Professional Skills course activities | 1 (1) | 15 (14.6) | 15 (14.6) | 43 (41.7) | 28 (27.2) | 1 (1) |
Interacting with SPs is/was helpful for me to be systematic in data gathering process during Professional Skills course activities. | 19 (18.4) | 54 (52.4) | 24 (23.3) | 6 (5.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Interacting with SPs makes/made me LESS confident in providing patient counseling and education during Professional Skills course activities. | 2 (1.9) | 15 (14.6) | 9 (8.7) | 47 (45.6) | 30 (29.1) | 0 (0) |
Interacting with SPs is/was helpful in building my patient education and counseling skills during Professional Skills course activities. | 38 (36.9) | 56 (54.4) | 6 (5.8) | 3 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Interacting with SPs is/was NOT reflective of real-life situations during Professional Skills course activities. | 3 (2.9) | 18 (17.5) | 20 (19.4) | 44 (42.7) | 18 (17.5) | 0 (0) |
Interacting with SPs is/was useful for me to apply my clinical theoretical knowledge during Professional Skills course activities. | 25 (24.3) | 63 (61.2) | 11 (10.7) | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
aInteracting with SPs has prepared me to apply clinical skills and knowledge gained during Professional Skills in real life. | 29 (28.2) | 53 (51.5) | 14 (13.6) | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.9) |