Longitudinal Assessment of Resident Performance Using Entrustable Professional Activities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are an emerging workplace-based, patient-oriented assessment approach with limited empirical evidence.

Objective

To measure the development of pediatric trainees' clinical skills over time using EPA-based assessment data.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective cohort study of categorical pediatric residents over 3 academic years (2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018) assessed on 17 American Board of Pediatrics EPAs. Residents in training at 23 pediatric residency programs in the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Longitudinal Educational Assessment Research Network were included. Assessment was conducted by clinical competency committee members, who made summative assessment decisions regarding levels

SUBMITTER: Schumacher DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6991321 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature