Level of Anxiety and Internal Tryout Evaluation of the National Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) Results for Pharmacy Students - OSCE Apothecary Anxiety

Sep 20, 2026

OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) is used to measure pharmacy students’ competency in national-level professional pharmacist assessments, including assessments beyond MCQ/CBT approaches. This study evaluated internal tryout outcomes for UMM pharmacy students in batch 3 and compared them with batch 2, which had not completed an internal tryout. Anxiety was also assessed before the OSCE. Results showed moderate anxiety levels for both batch 2 and batch 3 when facing the national OSCE, and internal tryout significantly improved the passing rate of batch 3 in the national OSCE.

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Introduction

OSCE in pharmacy competency assessment

Exam anxiety and its relationship with OSCE performance

Study context and background

National tryout and internal tryout comparison

Passing outcomes and anxiety assessment

Research Article Level of anxiety and internal tryout evaluation of the national objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) results for pharmacy students Engrid Juni Astuti1, Ika Ratna Hidayati1,* (1) Pharmacy , Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Muhammadiyah Malang , Malang, East Java , Indonesia * Corresponding author’s: [hidayati@umm.ac.id](hidayati@umm.ac.id) | ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT | | --- | --- | | Article History
Submitted 0903 ,22 Revised 0927 , 22
Accepted, 1103 , 22
Published, 1103 , 22
Keywords
OSCE Apothecary anxiety
doi:
10.22219/farmasains.v7i2 .35340 | OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) for pharmacist profession students is currently one of the measuring tools for success in competency exams to test victory in learning the Pharmacist Profession, in addition to the MCQ (Cognitive Based Test) method which is carried out in the form of CBT (Computer Based-Test). The Pharmacist Profession Study Program at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) currently has professional pharmacist students and conducted a national tryout test for batch 2 students. In contrast, these students have never received training for the OSCE exam before. This study was conducted to evaluate the internal tryout on the results of the national OSCE score for Pharmacist students at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang” in batch 3 compared to batch 2, which had not done an internal tryout. In addition, an anxiety test was conducted on students taking the OSCE exam to get the degree of anxiety students taking the exam. From the study results, the anxiety level of the 2nd and 3rd batch students when facing the national OSCE exam was moderately anxious. Implementing the internal tryout had significant effects on the passing rate of the 3rd batch of students in the national OSCE exam. | 1. Introduction The implementation of pharmaceutical education in Indonesia now refers to the National Curriculum established by APTFI (Association of Indonesian Pharmaceutical Higher Education), namely the core curriculum of the Undergraduate Pharmacy Education Program and the 2008 Pharmacist Education Program Curriculum. The Pharmacist Education Program Curriculum was further agreed upon with the Indonesian Pharmacists Association (IAI) in 2009, and various developments occurred at the national and global levels (APTFI, 2013) . As a tool for measuring success in competency, various development measuring instruments have been developed to test success in learning the pharmacist profession. Test methods and systems are systematically-designed to meet the assessment basics, namely valid, objective, reliable, feasible, and impact on learning. The methods developed to measure the competency of professional pharmacist students include the MCQ's (Cognitive-Based Test) method, which is carried out in the form of a CBT (Computer-Based Test), and the OSCE (Objective Structure Clinical Examination) method. The material tested refers to the OSCE UKAI (Indonesian Pharmacist Competency Examination) blueprint (UKAI, 2017) . There are 3 (three) divisions of pharmaceutical practices tested in the OSCE method, namely the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations, distribution of pharmaceutical preparations, and pharmaceutical service (UKAI, 2017) . OSCE is a series of measurements used to assess clinical skills. The OSCE method is often used for measurement, and it is important to see its reliability and validity. OSCE is an approach to clinical measurement where competency components can be measured in a structured system according to expected objectives (Brannick et al., 2011) . The advantages of the OSCE method compared to other exam methods include the ability to assess communication and interpersonal skills, professional judgment, and ethics (Bdair et al., 2019)(Quero Munoz et al., 2005) . The National UKAI Committee conducted a National Try-out Exam for professional pharmacist students in 2018 to evaluat

FAQs

What is the purpose of OSCE in the pharmacist competency exams described in this study?

OSCE is used as a measurement tool to assess professional pharmacist students’ clinical competency in structured performance-based assessments.

How was the comparison between batch 2 and batch 3 designed?

Batch 2 students conducted only the national OSCE without internal tryout, while batch 3 students underwent an internal formative OSCE tryout before the national OSCE.

What were the anxiety findings and how did internal tryout affect results?

Students in both batches reported moderately anxious levels when facing the national OSCE. Implementing the internal tryout had a significant effect on the batch 3 passing rate.

Sep 20, 2026

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