An Updated Primer on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) [PDF]
Since the turn of the millennium, competency-based medical education (CBME) has become a new standard for medical training in many countries. CBME has been operationalized in detailed frameworks of competencies that every physician should demonstrate at ...
Olle ten Cate
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How well do UK assistantships equip medical students for graduate practice? Think EPAs [PDF]
The goal of better medical student preparation for clinical practice drives curricular initiatives worldwide. Learning theory underpins Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) as a means of safe transition to independent practice.
Gay, Simon+5 more
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Trainee doctors' preparedness for clinical work in geriatric psychiatry: A survey on 18 preliminary entrustable professional activities. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Research concerning transitions from one rotation to another during medical specialist training is scarce. This study examined trainee doctors' perceived preparedness for core clinical activities, trainee doctors' preparedness levels, and ...
Huwendiek, Sören+4 more
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Introduction of Competence by Design to Canadian Nephrology Postgraduate Training
Purpose of the review: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, with its Competence by Design initiative, is adopting the principles of competency-based medical education for residency training and continuing professional development. This
Maury Pinsk+2 more
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Physical Layer Security in Cooperative NOMA Hybrid VLC/RF Systems [PDF]
Integrating visible light communication (VLC) and radio-frequency (RF) networks can improve the performance of communication systems in terms of coverage and data rates. However, adding RF links to VLC networks weakens the secrecy performance due to the broadcast and ubiquitous nature of RF links. This paper studies the physical layer security (PLS) in
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Fair Reward Distribution in Federated Byzantine Agreement Systems [PDF]
Federated Byzantine Agreement Systems (FBASs) offer a solution to consensus in permissionless systems by adapting the well-studied Byzantine agreement model to permissionless consensus. Unlike its counterparts in the context of permissionless consensus, the FBAS system model does not offer validating nodes protocol-level incentives although they are ...
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Echocardiography curriculum development for physician assistants using entrustable professional activities [PDF]
BACKGROUND: With the projected increase of cardiovascular disease in the aging population, a higher demand for echocardiography use is predicted. However, there is a shortage in the supply of cardiologists, to the point that a 2009 American College of ...
Moon, Saemyi
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The 2021-22 Academic Affairs Committee was charged to 1) Update the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) statements for new pharmacy graduates; 2) Nominate at ...
Melissa S Medina+11 more
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Knowing Their Limits: Assessing the Discernment of Pre-Clinical Medical Students [PDF]
Introduction: Discernment, or awareness of one’s limitations, is one of the qualities fundamental to entrustment (ten Cate et al., 2015). The AAMC Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) pilot project lists discernment as an expectation of medical ...
Marlowe, Elizabeth P.
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Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) framework to inform surgical residency training programs in Ethiopia medical education [PDF]
Background Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are activities that are essential to the discipline and can be delegated to individuals without direct supervision in a specific health care context once they have demonstrated sufficient competence (
Amare, Equlinet
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