Development and inclusion of an entrustable professional activity (EPA) scale in a simulation-based medicine dispensing assessment.

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning
Hayley CroftJennifer Schneider

Abstract

Effective, safe, and patient-centred dispensing is a core task of community pharmacists. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) offer a way of defining and assessing these daily practice activities. Although EPAs have become popular within competency-based medical education programs, their use is new to pharmacy education and assessment. A simulation-based assessment framework containing a scale of entrustment was developed to evaluate the readiness of Year 4 undergraduate pharmacy students to safely manage the supply of prescribed medicine(s) in a community pharmacy. The assessment framework was piloted in a fourth year "Transition to Practice" course with 28 simulation-based assessments conducted. An entrustment framework was developed and implemented successfully with Year 4 undergraduate pharmacy students. The EPA for medicine dispensing integrates competency domains that include information gathering, providing patient-centred care, clinical reasoning, medicine dispensing, and professional communications. On a scale ranging from level 1 to level 5, the majority (73%) of entrustment ratings were level 2 or level 3; and of the students who achieved different ratings between clinical scenarios, 75% of students improved on...Continue Reading

References

Apr 6, 2001·Lancet·V WassR Jones
Oct 2, 2002·Medical Education·Jim CrossleyBrian Jolly
Oct 10, 2008·Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·Tara J T KennedyLorelei Lingard
Jun 1, 2010·Best Practice & Research. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology·C P M van der VleutenB Hodges
Oct 26, 2013·American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education·Melissa S MedinaPatty Johnston
Nov 12, 2015·Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·H Carrie ChenPatricia O'Sullivan
Dec 3, 2015·Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·Janelle RekmanStanley J Hamstra
May 12, 2016·Journal of Graduate Medical Education·Olle Ten Cate
Jun 14, 2016·American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education·Amy L PittengerJordan H Orzoff
Mar 16, 2017·American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education·Stuart T HainesCecilia Plaza
Mar 16, 2017·American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education·Stuart T HainesSusan M Miller
Mar 23, 2017·Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·Olle Ten Cate
May 31, 2017·Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·David R BrownUNKNOWN AAMC Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency Entrustment Concept Group
Mar 8, 2018·Korean journal of medical education·Olle Ten Cate
Jul 18, 2018·American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education·Jennie B JarrettAllen F Shaughnessy
Jan 16, 2019·American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education·Kerry WilburShane Pawluk

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved