Self-Assessment in Pharmacy and Health Science Education and Professional Practice

Self-assessment is an important skill necessary for continued development of a health care professional from student pharmacist throughout their professional career. This paper reviews the literature on student and practitioner self-assessment and whether this skill can be improved upon. Although se...

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Published in:American journal of pharmaceutical education 2010-06, Vol.74 (5), p.85, Article 85
Main Authors: Motycka, Carol A., Rose, Renee L., Ried, L. Douglas, Brazeau, Gayle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
assessment
Behavior
Education, Pharmacy - methods
Educational Strategies
Health education
Humans
Learning
Lifelong Learning
Methods
Models, Psychological
Pharmacy
Professional Competence
Professional Education
Professional ethics
Professional Practice
Science - education
Sciences education
Self evaluation
Self-Assessment
Skills
Special
Study and teaching
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Summary:Self-assessment is an important skill necessary for continued development of a health care professional from student pharmacist throughout their professional career. This paper reviews the literature on student and practitioner self-assessment and whether this skill can be improved upon. Although self-assessment appears to be a skill that can be improved, both students and professionals continue to have difficulty with accurate self-assessment. Experts' external assessment of students should remain the primary method of testing skills and knowledge until self-assessment strategies improve. While self-assessment is important to lifelong learning, external assessment is also important for practitioners' continuing professional development.
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467
DOI:10.5688/aj740585