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  • Clinical Assessment

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  • The physical therapy profession is transitioning towards competency-based education (CBE).
  • Workplace-based assessment using entrustable professional activities (EPAs) is a key component of CBE.
  • Existing EPAs do not specifically address the complexities of pain management.

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  • To develop and initially validate pain-specific entrustable professional activities (Pain EPAs).
  • To create a framework for assessing physical therapist competency in pain management within a CBE model.

Main Methods:

  • A developmental study followed established recommendations for EPA creation.
  • Expert consensus and external review were used to develop and align Pain EPAs.
  • Feedback from educators, clinicians, and a reactor panel informed the process.

Main Results:

  • Twenty-one Pain EPAs were developed and categorized into four levels of complexity.
  • The Pain EPAs were reviewed for clarity, observability, and assessability.
  • Alignment with existing pain competency frameworks was achieved.

Conclusions:

  • A structured and replicable method for developing specialty-specific EPAs was established.
  • The Pain EPAs offer an initial tool for evaluating readiness in pain management.
  • Further research is needed to validate these Pain EPAs for diverse training levels.