Experiences with EPAs, potential benefits and pitfalls

@article{vanLoon2014ExperiencesWE,
  title={Experiences with EPAs, potential benefits and pitfalls},
  author={Karsten A van Loon and Erik W. Driessen and Pim W. Teunissen and Fedde Scheele},
  journal={Medical Teacher},
  year={2014},
  volume={36},
  pages={698 - 702}
}
Abstract Reforms in postgraduate medical education (PGME) exposed a gap between educational theory and clinical practice. Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) were introduced to assist clinicians in bridging this gap and to create better consonance between the intended and the enacted curriculum. In this viewpoint paper, we discuss the potential and the pitfalls of using EPAs in PGME. EPAs promise an effective way of teaching abstract competencies in a curriculum based on real-life… 
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