Constructing Approaches to Entrustable Professional Activity Development that Deliver Valid Descriptions of Professional Practice.

Constructing Approaches to Entrustable Professional Activity Development that Deliver Valid Descriptions of Professional Practice. Teach Learn Med. 2020 Jul 07;:1-9 Authors: Taylor D, Park YS, Smith C, Cate OT, Tekian A Abstract Issue: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) describe the core tasks health professionals must be competent performing prior to promotion and/or moving into unsupervised practice. When used for learner assessment, they serve as gateways to increased responsibility and autonomy. It follows that identifying and describing EPAs is a high-stakes form of work analysis aiming to describe the core work of a profession. However, hasty creation and adoption of EPAs without rigorous attention to content threatens the quality of judgments subsequently made from using EPA-based assessment tools. There is a clear need for approaches to identify validity evidence for EPAs themselves prior to their deployment in workplace-based assessment. Evidence: For EPAs to realize their potential in health professions education, they must first be constructed to reflect accurately the work of that profession or specialty. If the EPAs fail to do so, they cannot predict a graduate's readiness for or future performance in professional practice. Evaluating the methods used for identification, description, and adoption of EPAs through a construct validity lens helps give leaders and stakeholders of EPA development confidence that the E...
Source: Teaching and Learning in Medicine - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Teach Learn Med Source Type: research