Educational outcomes necessary to enter pharmacy residency training: 2023 update

The 2023 Educational Affairs Committee reviewed relevant position statements and publications to update the 2014 ACCP position statement on the educational outcomes (EOs) necessary for pharmacy students to enter postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residency training. The committee initially aligned entry-level graduate outcomes with current PGY1 residency competencies achieved after postgraduate training. The committee then used these alignments to identify consistencies, insufficiencies, and gaps in preparation. This process revealed that the EOs and entrustable professional activities from curricular outcomes and entrustable professional activities and the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination blueprint could serve as a partial list of outcomes necessary to enter postgraduate training; however, some of the outcomes necessary to enter residency were not consistently addressed. To improve residency readiness, the committee recommends that both academic programs and the individual learner evaluate and seek opportunities to address any curricular gaps in alignment. The findings also underscore the need for a single set of well-defined and mutually agreed-on educational competencies that evolve over time and embrace the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that demonstrate residency readiness.