本研究以實習藥學生面對真實病人，進行迷你臨床演練評量（mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise, mini-CEX），經由直接觀察實習藥學生衛教糖尿病病人，以多面向與九分制之評量方式進行評估，多面向評估包括：專業性與溝通技巧評估。並透過病人對疾病與用藥之認知性評估、指導藥師對實習藥學生之評估、實習藥學生自我評估及檢視執行之成效。

本研究共有23名實習藥學生參與，評量時的直接觀察時間，平均為17.1 ± 4.5分鐘、評量後指導藥師對實習藥學生之立即回饋平均為10.3 ± 3.0分鐘。病人之疾病與用藥認知性評估，經實習藥學生指導前、後，正確率分別為60.9% 與95.0%（P < 0.0001）；指導藥師對實習藥學生評估之平均分數為6.5 ± 0.8；實習藥學生演練前後之自我能力評估，由4.3 ± 1.4進步至6.7 ± 0.8，具有統計上之差異（P < 0.0001）。
由本研究發現，實習藥學生經mini-CEX評量後自評用藥指導能力有顯著進步，並且幫助病人對於藥物與疾病知識的了解。

A new developed Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise (mini-CEX) for pharmacy interns face the real patients and pharmacy interns were evaluated and given feedback through directly observing the performance of professionalism and communication-skills during counselling with diabetes mellitus patients. The evaluative outcomes included the cognitive assessment to patient, self-assessment of the pharmacy trainee and overall competence rating from the attending pharmacist.
Twenty-three pharmacy trainees, the average time of observation and feedback take 17.1 ± 4.5 minutes and 10.3 ± 3.0 minutes, respectely. After the Mini-CEX, the correct ratio of cognitive assessment to patient was increased from 60.9% to  95.0% (p<0.0001); the average rating of self-assessment was increased from baseline 4.3±1.4 to 6.7 ±0.8. (p<0.0001). The overall competence rating from the attending pharmacist was 6.5±0.8.
From this study, pharmacy interns’ self-assessment of their counselling performance and cognitive assessment of patients showed improvement after Mini-CEX.