Implementation and Assessment of a Novel APPE Intersession Course to Assess Near-Terminal Student Competence.

To provide a novel culminating experience that assesses student competence and achievement of five curricular outcomes during the P4 year. This two-week Intersession course provided faculty assessment of student competence after completing five of seven Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). Students completed written pre-work assignments generated from real-world experiences from APPEs. Faculty assessed and provided feedback to improve students' competency on curricular outcomes related to four course components: clinical case, drug information, clinical pearl and reflection. After incorporating faculty feedback, students verbally presented to faculty and peers for additional assessment during the in-class portion of the course. There were 149 students who completed the course in 2016; 145 (97%) demonstrated achievement of ability-based outcomes. Using the Kirkpatrick's Evaluation Model, level 1 data (reaction) indicated 93% of students and 100% of faculty believed the course was valuable. Level 2 data (learning) revealed that 80% of students and 85% of faculty agreed/strongly agreed learning occurred. Level 3 data (behavior) demonstrated increased student performance on assessments between pre-work and in-class components. Preliminary level 4 data (results) indicated this course complemented learning from previous courses and met the intended purpose. This novel Intersession course provided structured faculty assessment of student competence during the final experiential year and successfully provided a near-final evaluation of student competence of core curricular ability-based outcomes.