The Need for Quality Assessment of Entrustable Professional Activities in Pharmacy Education

Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are specific tasks that a professional is entrusted to perform autonomously and, together, they define the scope of a profession. There are specific attributes that a task must possess both structurally and conceptually to be classified as an EPA. A high-qu...

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Published inAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 168 - 172
Main Authors Elmes, Abigail T, Tekian, Ara, Jarrett, Jennie B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 01.03.2023
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Accreditation
Competence
Competency Based Education
Credibility
Curricula
Drug stores
Educational Objectives
Intention
Interrater Reliability
Likert Scales
Medical education
Outcomes of Education
Patient safety
Pharmaceutical Education
Pharmaceutical sciences
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
Predictive Validity
Professional Identity
Stakeholders
Students
Study and teaching
Supervision
User training
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Summary:Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are specific tasks that a professional is entrusted to perform autonomously and, together, they define the scope of a profession. There are specific attributes that a task must possess both structurally and conceptually to be classified as an EPA. A high-quality EPA must be an observable, measurable, and professional task that requires training to execute, is fit for entrustment, and can be performed independently. In 2017, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) defined 15 core EPAs expected of a pharmacy learner upon graduation (Core EPAs). Despite acceptance and implementation by pharmacy schools across the country, the Core EPAs have not been evaluated using an objective assessment tool to ensure that they meet specific EPA quality standards outlined in the literature. This article describes existing objective assessment tools for EPA quality and highlights the importance of ensuring high-quality EPAs in pharmacy education, which would be an important step for the AACP Academic Affairs Committee to take to further develop EPAs for implementation.
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467