Script Concordance Test

Academic Auspice

HOW CAN I ENROLL FOR THE COURSE?
The Script Concordance Test Cognitive Acceleration Program is an accredited continuing education activity. To enroll for the program, you need a personal access code that will appear in an e-mail message and/or a printed card that will be sent to you at the time of inviting you to take part in the e-learning course. You will have to enter such alphanumeric code just once and that will provide you with access to the applicable registration form to enroll for the specific course to be taught. In this registration form, you will create your own code and password.
For more information, please contact us at secretaria-academica@fundacionpracticum.edu.es

WHEN CAN I BEGIN THE COURSE?
When you receive a personal course access code, you will have the option to register immediately and begin with the e-learning course. It is advisable that you register as soon as possible. In this way, you will keep up with your colleagues and, in addition, you will not miss the opportunity to attend live educational conferences to be given throughout the course.

DURING WHAT DAYS AND HOURS SHOULD I LOG INTO THE E-LEARNING COURSE?
Your may log into the e-learning course at any time. It is advisable that you log into the course as often as possible, because each day, Monday through Friday, a different clinical exercise will be available to you, that is, a new Script Concordance Test to be taken. The course also includes a Bonus system that awards bonuses based on the degree of systematicity in test answers, among other aspects. Anyway, if for any reason you could not log into the course every day, you will have a possibility to take previous tests with the purpose of guaranteeing that you receive training and the possibility to earn academic credits.
We will inform you the date and time of each academic conference well in advance for you to be able to attend it live and, if you wish so, to send questions to the facilitator through a chat space built into the virtual conference room.

WHAT IS THE ASSESSMENT METHOD?
This e-learning course is based on an ongoing educational exercise involving training and assessment of clinical reasoning using the answers in the Script Concordance Tests. Each test provides a real clinical scenario related to your actual practice, where you will have to make different decisions regarding a patient.

Our interactive model will allow you to dynamically view your results and to analyze your level of skill to solve each clinical problem, taking the answers selected by a group of expert physicians in your specialty as a reference. Your final score will be the average of the scores you received in taken Script Concordance Tests.

We invite you to visit the What is the Script Concordance Test? and E-learning information sections of the website. In this way, you will understand the academic scoring system we use.

WHAT CAN I DO IF MY CONNECTION CRASHES DURING A SCRIPT CONCORDANCE TEST?
Each Script Concordance Test is made up of 5 items or decision tables where you will have to select an answer. If accidentally, for any external or computer problem, the current test is interrupted, when you log into the course again you will continue taking the same test and the same item you were answering when the interruption occurred.

HOW IS THE COURSE PASSED?
All physicians completing more than 60% of all Script Concordance Tests included in the e-learning program will receive a participation certificate. In general, the minimum academic score necessary to pass the course is 60 points, but such score may vary depending on the institution (scientific society, medical association, university) accrediting the course in each country and its certification policies. When enrolling for the course, we recommend that you thoroughly consult the specific academic program for your e-learning course.

HOW MANY ACADEMIC CREDITS COULD BE EARNED?
The number of credits will depend on the certification and recertification policies of the institution academically accrediting the course in each location. For more information, please check the academic program for your e-learning course.

IF MY SCORES ARE POOR, WILL I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEM?
Yes, you will. Along the course, we will provide you with a second chance to take the Script Concordance Tests that were poorly scored when taken for the first time. This will allow you to improve your accumulated academic scores. During these tests, you will also be given the opportunity to assess your results by comparing the first and second attempts to pass each Script Concordance Test.

WILL I RECEIVE MATERIALS IN MY E-MAIL INBOX?
We will daily e-mail you a clinical vignette for you to solve by logging into the e-learning course using your code and password. We will also systematically e-mail you different notices and alerts. Medical contents, however, will only be accessible by logging into the website.

WILL I HAVE ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE IN PLACE?
Yes, of course you will. You will have personalized and permanent assistance from your tutor, who will assist you with any doubt or question you may have. In addition, a support team will always be available to solve any possible technical issues; to reach this team, please send an e-mail message with the filled-out form available at the Script Connect section. In addition, the main page of the course features an audiovisual help tutorial available at all times for consultation.

IS THE COURSE COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE?
Yes, the course is free of charge for you. The PRACTICUM Institute makes this continuing education tool available to you completely free of charge, by courtesy of the pharmaceutical company sponsoring your participation.

DO I NEED SOUND IN MY COMPUTER?
Computer audio would be advisable. Some Script Concordance Tests may include videos or audio files supplementing the information provided by clinical vignettes.