Toward Defining the Foundation of the MD Degree: Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency

Robert Englander¹, Timothy Flynn, Stephanie Call+12

• ¹R. Englander was senior director of competency-based learning and assessment, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, at the time this work was done. He is now associate dean for undergraduate medical education, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.T. Flynn is senior associate dean for clinical affairs, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.S. Call is program director for internal medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia.C. Carraccio is vice president for competency-based assessment programs, American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.L. Cleary is vice president for academic affairs, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.T.B. Fulton is professor of biochemistry and biophysics and competency director for medical knowledge, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.M.J. Garrity is associate professor of medicine and physiology and associate dean, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.S.A. Lieberman is senior dean for administration, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas.B. Lindeman is chief resident, Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.M.L. Lypson is professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, and associate chief of staff for education, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.R.M. Minter was associate professor of surgery and learning health sciences, associate chair for education, Department of Surgery, and associate program director in general surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the time this work was done. She is now professor and Alvin Baldwin Jr. Chair, Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.J. Rosenfield is vice dean of the MD program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.J. Thomas is a resident in emergency medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.M.C. Wilson is clinical professor of internal medicine and associate dean for graduate medical education, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and designated institutional official, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.C.A. Aschenbrener was chief medical education officer, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, at the time this work was done.