Pre-clerkship EPA assessments: a thematic analysis of rater cognition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) assessments measure learners' competence with an entrustment or supervisory scale. Designed for workplace-based assessment EPA assessments have also been proposed for undergraduate medical education (UME), where assessments frequently occur outside the workplace and may be less intuitive, raising validity concerns. This study explored how assessors make entrustment determinations in UME, with additional specific comparison based on familiarity with prior performance in the context of longitudinal student-assessor relationships.

Methods

A qualitative approach using think-alouds was employed. Assessors assessed two students (familiar and unfamiliar) completing a history and physical examination using a supervisory scale and

SUBMITTER: Meyer EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9077896 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature