Enhancing the Value of Surgical Entrustable Professional Activities through Integrative Learning Analytics

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Surgical Training
• Learning Analytics

Background:

• Effective feedback is crucial for surgical resident development.
• Current methods for evaluating resident performance can be improved with data-driven insights.
• Integrating microassessment data into analytics platforms offers new opportunities for feedback.

Purpose of the Study:

• To demonstrate the value of integrating surgical resident Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) data into a learning analytics platform.
• To provide meaningful feedback for both formative and summative resident evaluation.
• To support progressive entrustment decisions for surgical residents.

Main Methods:

• Development of the Surgical Entrustable Professional Activities (SEPA) analytics dashboard.
• Utilizing summary analytics and intuitive display features for data visualization.
• Integration of SEPA microassessment data into the analytics platform.

Main Results:

• The SEPA dashboard offers major functionalities for data analysis and visualization.
• Stakeholders utilize dashboard features to support progressive entrustment decisions for residents.
• Examples demonstrate the practical application of the analytics platform in residency training.

Conclusions:

• An intuitive analytics platform facilitates seamless integration of SEPA data.
• The platform supports Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) decisions for resident evaluation.
• It provides timely feedback to faculty and trainees, fostering progressive autonomy.