Enter and Discuss Orders and Prescriptions (EPA 4): A Curriculum for Fourth-Year Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Order entry, entrustable professional activity (EPA) 4, is one of several EPAs that residency program directors identify as a weakness for PGY 1 residents. A multispecialty survey of program directors indicated that only 69% of interns could be trusted to enter and discuss orders and prescriptions without supervision. To address this gap, we developed a formative workshop for fourth-year medical students.

Methods

Prior to the start of their subinternships, 366 fourth-year medical students engaged in an order entry workshop. Students performed chart reviews on electronic standardized patients within an educational electronic health record (EHR), placed admission orders, customized order sets, responded to safety alerts, utilized decision support tools, and incorp

SUBMITTER: Liao N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9253226 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature