Assessment of inhaler technique among fourth-year pharmacy students: Implications for the use of entrustable professional activities.

Introduction: It is unknown when and how often competency assessments should occur in pharmacy education. Using inhaler technique as an example competency, the study objectives were to measure the proportion of near-graduation students demonstrating correct technique approximately one year after initial training and to measure reliability between assessors.

Methods: A sample of 45 near-graduation pharmacy students with prior education on correct inhaler technique participated in this direct observation study at the University of Otago.