University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy, Monroe, Louisiana.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2020 Sep;84(9):ajpe7876. doi: 10.5688/ajpe7876.
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. 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). The EPA assessment tool reliability was strong (Cronbach's alpha=0.93), with preceptor-suggested 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. 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.
开发、实施和验证一项可信赖的专业活动 (EPA) 评估工具，该工具可用于计算所有实践环境中体验式学生的课程成绩。 开发了一种 EPA 评估工具，并将其直接映射到 18 项 EPA 上，并为所有实践经验确定了每个 EPA 的标准或及格分数。该 EPA 评估工具于 2018 年夏季在学院的体验式课程中实施，并在核心高级实践经验 (APPE) 中评估了 EPA 评估工具的比较结果和可靠性。EPA 评估工具的可靠性很强（Cronbach's alpha=0.93），在 95%的完成的 APPE 中，导师建议的成绩和使用 EPA 评估工具计算的成绩是等同的。所有非等效计算的导师成绩对都在得分高一级和得分低一级之间平均分配。EPA 评估工具是评估 APPE 年度 EPA 成绩的可靠有效的工具。未来的工作应重点通过比较入门和高级实践经验的结果来确定 EPA 工具的纵向效用。
