AACP Curriculum Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) 2022 - Report of the 2022-2023 Academic Affairs Standing Committee

Sep 17, 2026

AACP COEPA 2022 sets forth revised curricular outcomes and entrustable professional activities for new pharmacy graduates, presented as an integrated document derived from CAPE educational outcomes (EOs) and EPAs. It explains the purpose of EOs as statements describing end-of-program learner capabilities and their role in curriculum planning, delivery, and assessment. It describes EPAs as workplace tasks entrusted in experiential settings, including supervision-focused assessment using an entrustment decision scale. It also outlines the committee charge and stakeholder feedback process used to revise outcomes in response to evolving science, clinical roles, and health and educational developments.

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Preamble

Educational Outcomes (EOs): Purpose and Role

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): Purpose and Assessment

Committee Charge and Revision Process

AACP Curriculum Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) 2022 Report of the 2022-2023 Academic Affairs Standing Committee: Revising the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) Educational Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities Melissa S. Medina, Ed. D. University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Michelle Z. Farland, PharmD; University of Florida College of Pharmacy Daniel R. Malcom, PharmD, Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Dawn Kashelle Lockman, PharmD; MA, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy Edith Mirzaian, PharmD; University of Southern California School of Pharmacy Nicole Culhane, PharmD; Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Pharmacy Deepti Vyas, PharmD; University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy Daniel R. Kennedy, PhD; Western New England College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences John M. Conry, PharmD; St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Kelly R. Ragucci, PharmD; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Miranda Steinkopf, PharmD; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy AACP Curriculum Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) 2022 PREAMBLE The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Curricular Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA, pronounced COPA) 2022 document represents the fifth version (preceded by AACP Academic Affairs panels in 1994, 1998, 2004 and 2013) of the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) educational outcomes (EO) .1 EOs are statements that describe what a learner should be able to do at the end of a program.1 EOs represent the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) of pharmacists that all students should demonstrate upon graduation.2 The EOs were created to facilitate curricular discussions with faculty and preceptors within the Academy and to guide curriculum planning, delivery, and assessment within pharmacy programs. The Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) 2022 document represents the second version. EPAs for new pharmacy graduates were originally established in 2016 by the AACP Academic Affairs Committee to translate the CAPE educational outcomes into practice activities.3,4 The EPAs describe the work of pharmacists as workplace tasks and responsibilities that all students are entrusted to do in the experiential setting with direct or distant supervision.5,6 It is important to note that EPAs are activities and are broad tasks or groups of tasks.5 These activities become the focus of an assessment when an individual is observed performing the activity. As such, preceptors assess the level of supervision a student needs to perform or execute the clinical activity/task using an entrustment decision scale.3-7 The 2021-2023 AACP Academic Affairs Committees was charged by the AACP Board of Directors (BOD) to review and revise the CAPE Educational Outcomes and EPAs to ensure that they are relevant and consistent with emerging scientific and clinical developments and practitioner roles. Since CAPE and EPAs were in two separate documents previously, 1,3 the process of revising both at the same time and streamlining them into one document led the Committee torename them COEPA. The AACP BOD selected Scott K. Stolte, Pharm.D. to chair the panel, Melissa S. Medina Ed. D. to serve as vice-chair (and later appointed as chair), Michelle Farland, Pharm. D. to serve as vice-chair, and Kelly Ragucci, Pharm. D., to serve as the AACP staff liaison. The AACP BOD also invited ten pharmacy faculty to serve on the Committee who represented diversity through their institution type and year established, geographic location, discipline, practice type, and appointment, role at their institution, opinions, and perspectives. The Committee’s primary charge was to review and revise the CAPE EOs and the EPAs for new pharmacy graduates. Since the Committee was revising the EOs and EPAs, it renamed them asthe

FAQs

What is COEPA 2022 and how is it related to CAPE?

COEPA 2022 is the integrated AACP document combining revised Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) educational outcomes and entrustable professional activities. It represents the fifth version of CAPE educational outcomes and a second version for EPAs.

What are educational outcomes (EOs) in this document?

EOs are statements describing what a learner should be able to do at the end of a program. They capture pharmacists’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes expected for students upon graduation.

How do EPAs function in assessment within experiential settings?

EPAs describe broad workplace tasks and responsibilities entrusted to students during experiential training. Preceptors assess the level of supervision needed using an entrustment decision scale when observing performance of the activity.

Sep 17, 2026

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