Developing and implementing an entrustable professional activity assessment for pharmacy practice experiences

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Objective. To develop, implement, and validate an entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessment tool that could be used to calculate course grades for experiential students in all practice environments. Methods. An EPA assessment tool was developed and directly mapped to 18 EPAs, and a criterion, or passing score, for each EPA was established for all practice experiences. The EPA assessment tool was implemented in the college’s experiential program during summer 2018 and comparative outcomes and reliability of the EPA assessment tool were assessed within the core advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs). Results. The EPA assessment tool reliability was strong (Cronbach’s alpha50.93), with preceptorsuggested grades and grades calculated using the EPA assessment tool equivalent in 95% of completed APPEs. All nonequivalent calculated-preceptor grade pairs were evenly split between one grade higher than scored and one grade lower than scored. Conclusion. The EPA assessment tool is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing EPA achievement in the APPE year. Future work should focus on determining the longitudinal utility of the EPA tool by comparing outcomes in introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

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Smith, C., Stewart, R., Smith, G., Anderson, H. G., & Baggarly, S. (2020). Developing and implementing an entrustable professional activity assessment for pharmacy practice experiences. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 84(9), 1178–1184. https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe7876

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