AM Last Page: What Entrustable Professional Activities Add to a Competency-Based Curriculum
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Definition and rationale. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are tasks or responsibilities that faculty entrust to a trainee to execute, unsupervised, once he or she has obtained adequate competence. EPAs are executable within a given time frame; observable and measurable; and suitable for focused entrustment decisions. EPAs are units of work (e.g., anesthetic care of an uncomplicated patient), while competencies describe people’s abilities (e.g., knowledge, professional attitude, communication skill). Units of work and abilities of persons can be viewed as two dimensions of a grid. Competencies remain theoretical if not grounded in practice.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 89 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014