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Area of Science:

  • Health Professions Education
  • Medical Education Assessment
  • Workplace-Based Assessment

Background:

  • Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are key for assessing health professional competence before unsupervised practice.
  • Hasty development of EPAs without rigorous content analysis can compromise assessment quality and decision-making.
  • There is a need for methods to establish validity evidence for EPAs before their implementation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for the application of construct validity evidence in the development of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs).
  • To ensure EPAs accurately represent the core tasks of a health profession or specialty.
  • To enhance confidence in EPA-based assessment tools for entrustment decisions.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluating EPA development processes through a construct validity lens.
  • Analyzing the impact of construct validity on EPA selection, description, revision, and adoption.
  • Examining the role of validity evidence in ensuring EPAs reflect professional practice.

Main Results:

  • Construct validity evidence is essential for accurate EPA development.
  • Applying this lens impacts expert selection, EPA identification, revision, evaluation, and adoption.
  • It helps avoid common pitfalls and biases in EPA creation.

Conclusions:

  • Construct validity evidence assures that developed EPAs accurately represent professional work.
  • This evidence is vital for the appropriate use of EPAs in workplace-based assessment.
  • It provides confidence in entrustment decisions made using EPA frameworks.