Development of a Novel Competency-Based Evaluation System for HIV Primary Care Training: the HIV Entrustable Professional Activities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an anticipated shortage of primary care providers trained to care for patients with HIV. The Yale School of Medicine developed and implemented a novel HIV training track within our Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program. A set of 12 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) were developed to guide curriculum development and resident assessment.

Aim

To describe the process of implementing a novel EPA-based curriculum for the HIV Primary Care Training Track including EPA-based trainee evaluation tools.

Participants/settings

Two to three residents were enrolled annually from 2012 to 2017 (total n = 11). Training sites included the outpatient academic center HIV clinic and inpatient HIV ward.

Program description

An expert panel develo

SUBMITTER: Dunne D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957645 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature