A novel visually-displayed test for assessing numerical skills

• In: Academic Pharmacy - Posters
• At: Istanbul (Turkey) (2009)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: AS-P-018
• By: HITCH, Geeta (University of Hertfordshire, School of Pharmacy, Hatfield, United Kingdom)
• Co-author(s): West, David (London School of Pharmacy, LONDON, United Kingdom)
  Jee, Roger (Formerly of London School of Pharmacy, LONDON, United Kingdom)
  Foulsham, Russell (University of Hertfordshire, School of Pharmacy, HATFIELD, United Kingdom)
  Pearce, Brian (London School of Pharmacy, LONDON, United Kingdom)
  
• Abstract:

  Numeracy amongst undergraduate pharmacy students is a cause for concern. Assessment methods for defining this ability are usually written tests; however, these may not always give an accurate reflection of students' ability to deal with simple problems that test basic numerical skills. We have developed a test presented via MS-PowerPoint in a

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