Ward rounds in internal medicine: Validation of an Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) observation checklist.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Ward rounds serve a crucial daily activity in hospitals. Building on the Entrustable Professional Activity "Conducting internal medicine ward rounds" consisting of ten competencies and 25 corresponding activities, this study aims at assessing content and external validity of an observation checklist for this EPA. Methods: A focus group aimed at content validation of the checklist. Five participants therefore evaluated it with respect to comprehensiveness and comprehensibility. To investigate external validity, 14 authentic ward rounds were video-taped and rated by two raters with the adapted observation checklist in terms of the appearance of certain activities in the videos. Results: After some adaptions, participants of the focus group agreed on a checkli

SUBMITTER: Schmelter V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6022584 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature