Teaching and Assessing Pharmacy Students in Medication-Use Process Stewardship.

Area of Science:

• Pharmacy Education
• Medication Use Systems
• Curriculum Development

Background:

• The medication use system encompasses prescribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring.
• Pharmacy education outcomes evolved from CAPE 2013 (Manager) to COEPA 2022 (Steward).
• COEPA 2.6 (Steward) emphasizes person-centered care and optimizing patient outcomes over process management.

Purpose of the Study:

• To review literature on educating and assessing pharmacy students in Medication-use Process Stewardship (COEPA 2.6).
• To identify resources for teaching and assessing COEPA 2.6.
• To understand the shift from medication use system management to stewardship.

Main Methods:

• Literature review of 41 articles related to pharmacy education and medication use.
• Analysis of alignment between existing literature and COEPA 2.6.
• Identification of teaching and assessment innovations.

Main Results:

• Most literature aligns with the older CAPE 2.2 (Manager) domain, not COEPA 2.6 (Steward).
• Innovations like simulation and OSCEs are reported for teaching and assessment.
• Limited literature addresses prescription verification and dispensing outside community settings.

Conclusions:

• The curricular shift to stewardship requires a focus on person-centered care.
• Integrating process-centered activities remains crucial for entry-level practice.
• Further research is needed on teaching/assessing stewardship and environmental impacts.