Self-Assessment Exercise Information

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SAE Updates

As our SAEs are launched every year or every other year, items are not pre-tested. This means that errors should not be unexpected. Statistics of the answers will be reviewed and questions adjusted accordingly.

Shipping: Self-Assessment Exercises began shipping the week of 11/9/09 and will ship every 2 weeks after this initial ship date for future Recert orders.

Special Note on Contemporary Pediatrics Articles: Information in the Primary Care and Pediatric Nursing Reference Manuals on accessing Contemporary Pediatrics articles has changed since the printing. Visit http://contemporarypediatrics.modernmedicine.com, click on Issue Archive, and now search by Month and Year of the article, which is referenced as the Issue in the SAE bibliography, e.g. Issue number = month (6=June).

For your convenience:
Direct links for 2010 Primary Care SAE Contemporary Pediatrics articles
The Contemporary Pediatrics article which serves as a reference for 2010 PC SAE Question 67, Blistering in the Newborn, will not be offered in an online format, according to the Modern Medicine website. Due to this unanticipated issue, the answer to Question 67 on the PC SAE is "C".

Direct links for 2010-2011 Pediatric Nursing SAE Contemporary Pediatrics articles
Free registration to the Modern Medicine website will be required to view certain articles.

The 2009 Pediatric Primary Care SAE

The Primary Care SAE is published annually, and for the first time in 2009 was offered online with overwhelming response! Almost 4000 Primary Care PNPs participated in the SAE. Over 90% of this population agreed or strongly agreed that they were satisfied with the exercise. More than 85% agreed that the SAE booklet and Reference Manual were appropriately organized to facilitate ease in test taking and reference retrieval, and 96% agreed that the review of the SAE references contributed to increasing their knowledge and skills.

The test items performed satisfactorily by psychometric analysis and committee review, so there will be no adjustments to scoring this year.

The 2009-2010 Pediatric Pharmacology SAE

The Pharmacology SAE continues to provide clinical information for prescribing, monitoring and educating in regards to medications used in primary care practice. The SAE is published every other year with opportunity for editing based on the first year review. A total of 1636 PNPs completed this edition of the 2009 Pharmacology SAE with over 85% of participants agreeing that the exercise helped to identify their personal strengths and weaknesses, and provided a satisfactory learning experience. Almost 100% of participants agreed that the Lexi-Comp Pediatric Dosage Handbook provided pharmacology information appropriate for clinical practice.

Pharmacology practice does vary based on geographical regions and by clinical practice preferences. The objective of the SAE is to provide the best evidenced-based information related to pediatric pharmacology for PNPs. The 2009 SAE did meet this objective with results of item analysis showing satisfactory performance. Only minor edits will be made to alter the exercise for use in 2010 Recert.

The 2008-2009 Pediatric Nursing SAE

The Pediatric Nursing SAE continued to be a success with 747 participants! Evaluation results indicated that 95% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the 2008-2009 Pediatric Nursing SAE satisfaction survey statements. The greatest agreement (98.8%) was in response to the statement: The educational level of the SAE was appropriate to practicing RNs. This year's item analysis confirmed last year's finding that test questions did not require any adjustment to scoring, so final scores are reported as valid. Look for a brand new Pediatric Nursing SAE for 2010 Recert!

The 2009-2010 Acute Care SAEs

The Respiratory and Cardiology Acute Care SAEs, completed by a total 286 Acute Care CPNPs, reflect overall satisfaction with the contents of these learning activities. More than 80% of the PNPs completing the exercise agreed that participation assisted in determining personal strengths and weaknesses, and 87% of participants agreed to the statement that review of the SAE references contributed to increasing current clinical knowledge and skills, one of the primary purposes of the exercise.

The Respiratory and Cardiology SAEs were evaluated through the process of test item analysis for 2008 and 2009. The Acute Care SAE Committee determined that these SAEs will remain in use after some minor editing for 2010 Recert. A new Acute Care SAE will be available for 2010 Recert as well, with identified content of pain, sedation and palliative care.