Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate a pharmacist annual competency evaluation (PACE) program for pharmacists at a single site. The results of this evaluation will be utilized to understand the effectiveness of PACE and provide suggestions for programmatic improvement. Methods: The primary outcome of this study was to evaluate the change in pharmacist composite self-efficacy (PSE) scores before and 1 month after the PACE program. The composite score was composed of self-efficacy related to 5 different clinical tasks. The 5 tasks selected were advanced cardiac life support, chemotherapy, dofetilide, patient-controlled analgesia pump, and alteplase (tPA). Secondary outcomes included evaluating each component of the composite score at 1 month, changes in composite score and components at 1 year, and changes in the generalized self-efficacy (GSE) survey at 1 month. Last, themes were identified from a feedback questionnaire after completion of PACE. Results: For the primary endpoint, PSE composite scores increased by 12.6% from pre-PACE to post-PACE at 1 month (79.6 ± 12.2 vs 89.7 ± 5.8; P < .001). All components of the composite PSE score showed a statistically significant improvement from baseline to 1 month. At 1 year, tPA was the only clinical task that was statistically different from baseline. GSE scores increased by 11.4% from pre-PACE to post-PACE (31.6 ± 3.6 vs 35.4 ± 2.8). No pharmacists required remediation. Conclusion: The competency assessment program led to improvements in pharmacist self-efficacy in dealing with low-volume, high-risk clinical pharmacy tasks. Future studies could assess various forms of competency assessment and timing of these programs to determine the most effective way to ensure pharmacist competency.
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