Application of entrustable professional activities in clinical medical education

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2019.04.018

Abstract

Abstract: Modern medicine emphasizes competency-based education, but competency is difficult to evaluate. In 2005, Olle ten Cate firstly proposed the confidence of entrustable professional activities (EPA). EPA separates the clinical work into several important elements, extracts the “key” behaviors, and describes the level or ability that the expected learners can achieve at different stages. The supervisors evaluate the whole process through observation, and confirm the degree of supervision in which the learners can complete the task or take the responsibility. Therefore, EPA can assist the competencies to be transformed into clinical practice and embody the clinical competencies of learners comprehensively.

Key words: Entrustable professional activities, Competence, Evaluation model

CLC Number:

R-05

Jin Zhe, Qi Xin, Li Haichao, Wang Weimin. Application of entrustable professional activities in clinical medical education[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2019, 39(4): 314-320.

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