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  • Medical Education
  • Postgraduate Training
  • Professional Competency Assessment

Background:

  • Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are frameworks for supervising and assessing readiness for independent practice in postgraduate medical education.
  • Implementation of EPAs has raised concerns regarding potential legal liability for educators and institutions.
  • Understanding the practical and legal implications of EPAs is crucial for successful integration into medical training programs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the practical and legal implications of implementing Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in postgraduate medical education.
  • To investigate how EPAs affect accountability, competence assessment, and legal considerations in diverse international settings.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with 15 participants from various specialties across 12 countries.
  • Interviews focused on accountability, competence assessment, and legal aspects related to EPA implementation.
  • Thematic analysis was employed to identify key themes from the interview data.

Main Results:

  • Five themes emerged: shifting accountability to trainees, shared responsibilities, transparent competence assessment via EPAs, unfounded legal concerns (supervisors remain accountable), and the importance of local context for implementation.
  • Participants viewed EPAs as strengthening educational accountability and competence assessment.
  • Legal responsibilities were not perceived to be altered by EPA implementation.

Conclusions:

  • EPAs are effective educational tools for enhancing accountability and competence assessment in postgraduate medical training, without changing legal responsibilities.
  • Successful EPA implementation requires alignment with institutional, regulatory, and cultural contexts, necessitating local adaptation.
  • Further research is recommended to investigate the long-term legal and institutional impact of EPAs in postgraduate medical education.