Describing Entrustable Professional Activities Is Merely the First Step

The profession of pharmacy needs a core set of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) – not only to describe what pharmacists do but also to set expectations and guide future action. Entrustable professional activities are units of work.1 They can be observed and assigned by preceptors and supervisors. Unlike competency statements, which can seem abstract and academic to non-educators,2 EPAs are intuitively understood by patients, practitioners, and policymakers. The EPAs for New Pharmacy Graduates reported in this issue of the Journal are an important first step, but far more needs to be done.