Essentials of PEM Fellowship Part 2: The Profession in Entrustable Professional Activities

Deborah Hsu1, Michele Nypaver, Daniel M Fein

  • 1From the *Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; †University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ‡Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY; §University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; ∥Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; ¶University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; #Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; **Carolinas Medical Center, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC; ††Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; ‡‡Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI; §§Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ∥∥Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ¶¶Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; ##University of Alabama, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; ***Orlando Health, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL; †††University of Southern California, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ‡‡‡Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; §§§Washington University in St Louis, St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, MO; ∥∥∥University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR; ¶¶¶Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI; ###University of Utah, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT; ****Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; ††††Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota/Health Partners, Institute of Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN; and ‡‡‡‡Inova Children's Hospital, Falls Church, VA.

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