Developing entrustable professional activities for doctoral graduates in health professions education: obtaining a national consensus in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of doctoral programs in health professions education (HPE) is expanding. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) can be a mechanism to define the expected activities of the HPE doctorate to inform training and assessment processes. The purpose of this study was to develop and reach a consensus on EPAs for HPE doctoral graduates.

Methods

We used a modified Nominal Group Technique (NGT) to elicit EPA titles followed by two rounds of a modified Delphi survey to seek consensus on the EPAs among groups of experts (HPE doctoral graduates and Board of HPE Examiners members) at the national level in Iran between July 2019 and July 2020.

Results

A total number of 92 initial EPA titles, which emerged from brainstorming in the NGT meeting, was reduced to

SUBMITTER: Zaeri R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9164418 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature