Design and implementation of a core EPA-based acting internship curriculum.

The Association of American Medical Colleges published Core Entrustable Professional Activities (Core EPAs), expected independent clinical skills for first-day interns. We sought to determine whether a required acting internship (AI) in the fourth-year curriculum could be used for summative assessme...

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Publicado en:Medical Teacher Vol. 44; no. 8; pp. 922 - 928
Autores principales: Zelewski, Susan K., Basson, Marc D.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2022
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          Zelewski, Susan K.
          Basson, Marc D.
        affil: Department of Pediatrics, Assistant Dean Northeast Campus and Director of the Year 3 and 4 MD Curriculum, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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          Internship and Residency
          Curriculum
          Education, Medical
          Education, Competency-Based
          Educational Measurement
          Program Implementation
          Student Attitudes
          Human
          Thematic Analysis
          Feedback
          Student Satisfaction
          Specialization
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      ab: The Association of American Medical Colleges published Core Entrustable Professional Activities (Core EPAs), expected independent clinical skills for first-day interns. We sought to determine whether a required acting internship (AI) in the fourth-year curriculum could be used for summative assessment of students' mastery of Core EPAs to a predefined level that would readily generalize across disciplines and campuses. The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences MD Program created a standardized, required Core EPA-based AI curriculum for multiple specialties at multiple geographic sites providing a final entrustability assessment for 10 EPAs in a single course. The course was successfully designed and launched for all students in a single class. During the AI, students functioned at the level of an acting intern, rated the courses as superior, and performed at satisfactory exit-level competence for 10 Core EPAs. A standardized, EPA-based AI curriculum can provide an opportunity for exit level EPA assessment in the medical curriculum. This model functions well within multiple specialties and at diverse community-based, volunteer faculty teaching sites.
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