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  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Professional Training
  • Clinical Assessment

Background:

  • Trust and entrustment are fundamental to medical training and patient care.
  • Current assessment practices may not adequately prepare trainees for unsupervised practice.
  • The competency-based movement necessitates a reevaluation of workplace assessment strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the entrustment decision-making process in healthcare training.
  • To identify critical features influencing decisions to entrust medical trainees.
  • To establish a theoretical foundation for a new approach to workplace training and assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Content analysis of entrustment decision-making processes during a collaborative summit.
  • Review of pertinent literature on trust and entrustment in clinical settings.
  • Distinguishing modes of trust and entrustment decisions.

Main Results:

  • Entrustment decisions significantly impact trainee learning and assessment.
  • Five categories of factors influence entrustment decisions: trainee, supervisor, situation, task, and their relationship.
  • Anticipating autonomy with supervision aligns better with healthcare practice than current methods.

Conclusions:

  • Careful analysis of entrustment decision-making is crucial for patient safety and trainee development.
  • A nuanced understanding of trust and entrustment is needed for effective medical education.
  • This framework provides a basis for improved workplace training and assessment strategies.