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Conceptual Development of a Measure to Assess Pharmacists' Knowledge of Herbal and Dietary Supplements
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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
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May 1, 2008
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Objectives. To describe the conceptual development of a measure for assessing pharmacist knowledge of herbal and dietary supplements.
Methods. A standardized approach to constructing a multiple-choice competency examination following 8 pre-specified criteria (eg, specifying the target spectrum of herbal and dietary supplements) was used to create an item bank. The quality of each item was evaluated by 5 herbal and dietary supplement content experts based on specific criteria in 3 rounds of review.
Results. From 122 initial items, 56 items were retained for the item bank representing 4 content areas: efficacy/effectiveness, safety, drug-supplement interactions, and regulation. The experts ...
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