Validation of entrustable professional activities for use in neonatal care residency programs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Define and develop a set of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) to link clinical training and assessment of the hospital components of neonatal care in neonatology medical residency programs.

Methods

An exploratory study was conducted in two phases using a modified Delphi approach. In the first phase, a committee of five neonatology residency program coordinators drafted an initial set of EPAs based on the national matrix of competencies and on EPAs defined by international organizations. In the second phase, a group of neonatal care physicians and medical residents rated the indispensability and clarity of the EPAs and provided comments and suggestions.

Results

Seven EPAs were drafted by the coordinators´ committee (n = 5) and used in the content val

SUBMITTER: Costa ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662742 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature