How Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors Are Using Entrustable Professional Activities: A National Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the present assessment environment in undergraduate medical education at U.S. medical schools, the prevalence and implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in internal medicine (IM) clerkships are not well understood.

Objective

To describe the prevalence and approach to EPA use in U.S. IM clerkships.

Design

Cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of core IM clerkship directors.

Participants

One-hundred forty IM clerkship directors at Liaison Committee on Medical Education-accredited U.S./U.S. territory-based allopathic medical schools with membership in the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) as of December 2022.

Main measures

Use of EPAs in IM core clerkships, including use for grading, types of EPA

SUBMITTER: Gielissen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780069 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature