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Identifying entrustable professional activities for post-graduation in ENT: What should an ENT specialist be able to
Rakesh Datta1, Dilip Raghavan2, V Anand3
1Professor, Department of ENT, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India.
Background:
Though regulatory bodies of medical education in India mandate post graduate medical education to be competency based, the implementation of the same has not kept pace. The present study aims to develop and propose a set of entrustable professional activities for a masters degree in the discipline of ENT. It also attempts to present it in the form of a portfolio.
Methods:
Experts in the subject went through a series of activities including brainstorming, discussions and internal peer review to shortlist and enumerate EPAs.
Results:
335 EPAs were identified and are presented. They were further classified as per need and expected expertise.
Conclusion:
The EPAs may serve as a guideline to medical colleges/institutions aiming to adopt competency based medical education in the post graduate curriculum in the subject of ENT.
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