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

Abigail T. Elmes, Ara Tekian and Jennie B. Jarrett
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education March 2022, 9039; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe9039
Abigail T. Elmes
aUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois
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bUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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aUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois
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Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are specific tasks that a professional is entrusted to perform autonomously and, together, 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 high-quality EPAs in pharmacy education, which would be an important step for the AACP Academic Affairs Committee to utilize to further develop EPAs for implementation.

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  • entrustable professional activities
  • EPA
  • competency-based education
  • quality assessment
  • Received January 21, 2021.
  • Accepted March 28, 2022.
  • © 2022 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
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