Evaluation of the entrustable professional activities (EPAs) of the population health promoter domain by North Dakota pharmacists
David M. Scott1, Michael Kelsch1, Anqing Zhang2, Daniel L. Friesner1
- 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States.
- 2Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
Received: 17-05-2020; Accepted: 09-08-2020.
Volume 18, Issue 3 · pp. 1980 · PUBLISHED 12 August 2020 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2020.3.1980
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Background: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are a list of professional tasks that pharmacy educational organizations support, and accreditation organizations encourage, for assessment by colleges and schools of pharmacy. Objective: This manuscript evaluates the perceived frequency of performing EPAs in the population health promoter (PHP) domain among pharmacists practicing in North Dakota. Methods: This survey evaluated the self-reported EPA activities of registered pharmacists living and practicing in North Dakota. For EPAs and supporting tasks in the 6 domains (including the PHP domain), respondents were asked to self-report the number of times during the last 30 days that they perform the task, using a 6 point response scale (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or more times). There were 990 pharmacists surveyed, and 457 (46.1%) of pharmacists responded. Results: Within the PHP domain, pharmacists reported performing “Minimize adverse drug events and medication errors” most frequently (mean=3.4, SD=2.0), followed by “Ensure that patients have been immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases” (mean=2.3, SD 2.3), “Maximize the appropriate use of medications in a population” (mean=2.2, SD 2.3), and “Identify patients at risk for prevalent diseases in a population” (mean=1.3, SD=1.9). In these Core EPAs PHP domains, the clinical pharmacists reported the highest level, followed by pharmacy managers and staff pharmacists. Conclusions: Pharmacists in North Dakota currently perform some population health promoter activities, but not at a consistent and high level. Most of the health prevention activities were medication-related and oriented towards individual patients (micro-level), rather than at a community (population-based) macro-level.
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Scott, D. M., Kelsch, M., Zhang, A., & Friesner, D. L. (2020). Evaluation of the entrustable professional activities (EPAs) of the population health promoter domain by North Dakota pharmacists. Pharmacy Practice, 18(3), 1980. https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2020.3.1980