SUMMARY
Ability-based education has the potential to transform pharmacy education. What distinguishes ability-based education from some other evaluation strategies are its focus on development of student abilities and its assessment-as-learning philosophy which makes assessment part of the learning process, not simply an after-the-fact measurement of what learning has taken place. If an institution creates a coherent curriculum by implementing ability-based education at both the course and curricular levels, students can iteratively practice and improve upon those abilities which are essential for their practice of pharmaceutical care.