Outcome 2. Concept Inventory Development (2023-2025).
A concept inventory is a validated instrument that uses multiple-choice questions to test student understanding and ability to apply a core concept. In 2023, the research team designed a process to produce two key datasets that will be used to construct the concept inventories that assess the core concepts of pharmacology. First, a study is currently underway to identify student misconceptions about each of the core concepts via student survey and interviews. Second, a multiple-choice question database has been established, which currently contains over 200 questions that assess one or more of the core concepts of pharmacology shown in Figure 2. These MCQs are currently being analysed. These two studies will provide MCQ stems that test students’ ability to apply a core concept of pharmacology in a relevant context, with validated student misconceptions as distractors. Critically, the questions will not require recall of specific facts, rather the student will need to correctly apply the concept to solve a problem or predict an outcome.