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  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Clinical Assessment

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  • The pharmacy profession faces a dynamic healthcare landscape, requiring adaptation for advancement.
  • Pharmacists need consistent recognition as integral members of healthcare teams across all clinical settings.
  • Current assessment methods may not fully capture the breadth of pharmacy practice skills.

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  • To implement a novel framework for defining and assessing pharmacy practice skills.
  • To adapt the successful medical education entrustable professional activities (EPAs) model for pharmacy.
  • To develop a universal set of EPAs for the advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) curriculum.

Main Methods:

  • Collaborative definition of universal EPAs by APPE course directors, practice faculty, and the Office of Experiential Education.
  • Application of the EPA model, proven in medical education, to pharmacy practice assessment.
  • Development of an assessment framework applicable across all APPE types and practice settings.

Main Results:

  • A consensus was reached on a set of universal entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for pharmacists.
  • These EPAs are designed to be critical for practice in any setting.
  • The framework will be assessed across all advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

Conclusions:

  • The implementation of EPAs offers a structured approach to assessing pharmacy trainees.
  • This initiative aims to ensure pharmacists practice at the full extent of their licensure and education.
  • Adoption of EPAs supports the advancement of the pharmacy profession within the evolving healthcare system.