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.