Twelve tips for the implementation of EPAs for assessment and entrustment decisions

@article{Peters2017TwelveTF,
  title={Twelve tips for the implementation of EPAs for assessment and entrustment decisions},
  author={Harm Peters and Ylva Holzhausen and Christy Kim Boscardin and Olle ten Cate and H Carrie Chen},
  journal={Medical Teacher},
  year={2017},
  volume={39},
  pages={802 - 807}
}
Abstract The concept of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) reframes the approach to assessment in competency-based medical education. Key to this concept is the linking of assessment to decision making about entrusting learners with clinical responsibilities. Based on recent literature and the authors’ experiences with implementing EPAs, this article provides practical recommendations for how to implement EPAs for assessment and entrustment decisions in the workplace. Tips for… 
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