Implementation of entrustable professional activities into fellowship council accredited programs: a pilot project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Fellowship Council (FC) is transitioning to a competency-based medical education (CBME) model, including the introduction of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for training and assessment of Fellows. This study describes the implementation process employed by the FC during a ten-month pilot project and presents data regarding feasibility and perceived value.

Methods

The FC coordinated the development of EPAs in collaboration with the sponsoring societies for Advanced GI/MIS, Bariatrics, Foregut, Endoscopy and Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) fellowships encompassing the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of care for key competencies. Fifteen accredited fellowship programs participated in this project. The assessments were collected thr

SUBMITTER: Hanson MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9381155 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature