Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) describe the routine and essential activities physicians perform in practice and help program directors determine when trainees can be trusted to perform these activities. Although scales (to determine if trainees can work unsupervised) for EPAs had been proposed, they had not been validated — until now. Two new studies, one involving fellows and the other involving general pediatric residents, shed light on the best uses of EPAs.
CREATING SUPERVISORY SCALES FOR PEDIATRIC FELLOWS
In a study led by Richard B. Mink, MD, MACM, and conducted by the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network (SPIN), researchers created…
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