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Impact of test anxiety on pharmacy students’ performance in objective structured clinical examination : a cross-sectional survey
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Hadi, Muhammad A., Ali, Majid, Haseeb, Abdul, Mohamed, Mahmoud M. A., Elrggal, Mahmoud E. and Cheema, Ejaz (2018) Impact of test anxiety on pharmacy students’ performance in objective structured clinical examination : a cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 26 (2). pp. 191-194. doi:10.1111/ijpp.12389 ISSN 0961-7671.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12389
Abstract
Objective:
To assess the association between test-related anxiety and pharmacy students’ performance in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among Year-5 Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students enrolled at a public university in Saudi Arabia. Students completed Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI), a 20-item validated questionnaire used to assess test-related anxiety, prior to the commencement of a summative OSCE. TAI has two subscales: TAI-Emotionality (TAI-E) and TAI-Worry (TAI-W). The overall maximum possible total score (TAI-T) is 80, with a minimum possible score of 20.
Key findings:
All 25 students, 10 males and 15 females completed the survey. The overall mean scores for TAI-E, TAI-W and TAI-T were 20.2, 19.6 and 50.2, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between males and females with respect to the TAI-E score (P = 0.43), TAI-W score (P = 0.25) and TAI-T score (P = 0.34). Females had higher marks in the OSCE compared with males (P = 0.01), however. After adjusting for gender, multiple linear regression analysis showed a statistically significant negative association between TAI-W score and marks obtained in OSCE (P = 0.02; 95% CI = −0.42, −0.03).
Conclusion:
Assessment-related worry may negatively affect students’ scores in performance-based examination and could lead to overall underperformance.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Pharmacy Practice | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0961-7671 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 191-194 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/ijpp.12389 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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