Andrea Louise Bramley1, Lisa McKenna2. 1. Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, School of Allied Health and Human Services, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University. 2. Dean and Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University.
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PURPOSE: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are a recent enhancement to competency-based health professional education that describe the observable work done by a competent health professional. Through defining education outcomes in a work -based context, EPAs offer potential to identify skill gaps in individual or student cohorts and focus improvements. This scoping review aims to map available evidence to provide an overview of EPA use in entry-level healthcare education (Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health) and understand how EPAs are being used and in what contexts. METHOD: The Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology was used to explore how and in what context EPAs are being used in entry level health professional education. Databases searched include CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Web of Science and PsychInfo. RESULTS: A total of 748 abstracts were returned after duplicates removed, 127 full-text articles were screened with 30 included for data extraction. Publications in this area have recently accelerated with disciplines of professions of medicine, pharmacy, dietetics and physician assistants reporting on EPA development, implementation and evaluation. EPA use has been reported in the USA, Canada, Europe Australia and Central America. CONCLUSION: Major motivations reported for EPA use is to improve patient safety by aligning performance and expectations and to improve student assessment. Several studies report on the use of EPAs to evaluate different curriculum models or identify curriculum gaps. Entrustable Professional Activities are increasingly well accepted for workplace assessment in multiple entry level health professions and offer strong potential for application to education research. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PURPOSE: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are a recent enhancement to competency-based health professional education that describe the observable work done by a competent health professional. Through defining education outcomes in a work -based context, EPAs offer potential to identify skill gaps in individual or student cohorts and focus improvements. This scoping review aims to map available evidence to provide an overview of EPA use in entry-level healthcare education (Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health) and understand how EPAs are being used and in what contexts. METHOD: The Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology was used to explore how and in what context EPAs are being used in entry level health professional education. Databases searched include CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Web of Science and PsychInfo. RESULTS: A total of 748 abstracts were returned after duplicates removed, 127 full-text articles were screened with 30 included for data extraction. Publications in this area have recently accelerated with disciplines of professions of medicine, pharmacy, dietetics and physician assistants reporting on EPA development, implementation and evaluation. EPA use has been reported in the USA, Canada, Europe Australia and Central America. CONCLUSION: Major motivations reported for EPA use is to improve patient safety by aligning performance and expectations and to improve student assessment. Several studies report on the use of EPAs to evaluate different curriculum models or identify curriculum gaps. Entrustable Professional Activities are increasingly well accepted for workplace assessment in multiple entry level health professions and offer strong potential for application to education research. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Authors: Tasslem von Streng Paats; Tahir Masud; Sören Huwendiek; Adrian Blundell; Michael Vassallo; Andreas E Stuck Journal: Age Ageing Date: 2022-05-01 Impact factor: 12.782