Abstract
Objective. To explore the cost-effectiveness of including standardized patients (SP) in the didactic curriculum for application and assessment of students’ pharmacist-patient communication skills. Methods. Five role play/case study (RP/CS) activities from a communication skills curriculum were replaced with five SP encounters. Communication was assessed using a rubric. This study developed an economic model to examine the costs and effectiveness of replacing RP/CS events with SP events in knowledge-application and communication assessment. Costs consisted of SP hourly wages for training and delivery of SP events. Outcomes examined were the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per student. Results. The ICER comparing SP to RP/CS was $100.93 higher per student on first-attempt pass rates and $9.04 per one-point increase in the mean score. Conclusion. SP was more effective and more costly than RP/CS. Further research into students’ willingness to pay needs to occur before determining if using SPs is cost-effective in teaching communication skills.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 6120 |
| Pages (from-to) | 73-79 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Communication
- Prescription medications
- Standardized patients
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)
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Cost-effectiveness of using standardized patients to assess student-pharmacist communication skills. / Gillette, Chris; Stanton, Robert B.; Winston, Nicole Rockich; Rudolph, Michael; Anderson, H. Glenn.
In: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Vol. 81, No. 10, 6120, 01.01.2017, p. 73-79.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Anderson, H. Glenn
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AB - Objective. To explore the cost-effectiveness of including standardized patients (SP) in the didactic curriculum for application and assessment of students’ pharmacist-patient communication skills. Methods. Five role play/case study (RP/CS) activities from a communication skills curriculum were replaced with five SP encounters. Communication was assessed using a rubric. This study developed an economic model to examine the costs and effectiveness of replacing RP/CS events with SP events in knowledge-application and communication assessment. Costs consisted of SP hourly wages for training and delivery of SP events. Outcomes examined were the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per student. Results. The ICER comparing SP to RP/CS was $100.93 higher per student on first-attempt pass rates and $9.04 per one-point increase in the mean score. Conclusion. SP was more effective and more costly than RP/CS. Further research into students’ willingness to pay needs to occur before determining if using SPs is cost-effective in teaching communication skills.
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