Evaluating Feedback Comments in Entrustable Professional Activities: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Competency-based medical education (CBME) has transformed postgraduate medical training, prioritizing competency acquisition over traditional time-based curricula. Integral to CBME are Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), that aim to provide high-quality feedback for trainee development. Despite its importance, the quality of feedback within EPAs remains underexplored.

Methods

We employed a cross-sectional study to explore feedback quality within EPAs, and to examine factors influencing length of written comments and their relationship to quality. We collected and analyzed 1163 written feedback comments using the Quality of Assessment for Learning (QuAL) score. The QuAL aims to evaluate written feedback from low-stakes workplace assessments, based on 3 qu

SUBMITTER: Andreou V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437546 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature