Use of Milestones and Development of Entrustable Professional Activities in 2 Hematology/Oncology Training Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Next Accreditation System (NAS) increases the focus on educational outcomes and meaningful evaluation of learners. This requires that key clinical faculty develop new assessment formats such as entrustable professional activities (EPAs).

Objectives

To build and develop milestone-based assessment tools supporting 5 EPAs for a hematology/oncology fellow continuity clinic, and to educate key clinical faculty regarding the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) and the NAS.

Methods

Program directors from 2 hematology/oncology fellowship programs developed 5 EPAs for continuity clinic evaluation supported by milestone-based assessment. The program directors met to create a unified CCC charter. Key clinical faculty helped to develop a milestone-based evaluation

SUBMITTER: Shumway NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4507897 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature