How Have Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) Been Implemented in Pharmacy Education? A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are units of professional practice entrusted to learners once they have attained the required competencies to perform them. This scoping review described how Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) have been implemented in pharmacy education. MEDLINE (PubMed), Scopus, and Google Scholar were searched (on 8 July 2025) to identify relevant literature from 2016 to 2025. Studies that describe EPAs implemented in pharmacy programs, assess the perspectives on EPAs implemented, or evaluate student performance on EPAs were included. Studies that did not assess actual experience of EPAs' implementation were excluded. The data were described narratively and through frequencies and tables. Twenty-four studies were included in the review. Most studies poin

SUBMITTER: Souza LCOA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12641839 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature