Entrustable professional activities, emergency
medicine and medical education: a systematic
review
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Title
Entrustable professional activities, emergency
medicine and medical education: a systematic
review
medicine and medical education: a systematic
review
Subject
Medicine emergency, Entrustable professional activities, Medical school
Description
Abstract
Introduction Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are one way to assess competencies, and are designed to
bridge the gap between theoretical competencies and real world clinical practice.
Aims This was a systematic review which aims to answer the question: “Which EPAs related to Emergency Medicine
are described for medical schools?”.
Methods We included original qualitative, interventional and observational studies (cross-sectional, case-control,
and cohort studies) that described EPAs relevant to Emergency Medicine for Medical School. The search strategy was
created using a combination of keywords and standardized index terms related to EPAs and Emergency Medicine.
Results The search strategy identified 991 citations. After screening the titles and abstracts, we identified 85
potentially relevant studies. After the full-text review, a total of 11 reports met the criteria for inclusion.
Conclusion Recognizing a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiating evaluation and management is
the most common EPA related to Emergency Medicine described at Medical Schools. Use of EPAs is associated with
increased student satisfaction and improved competences. However, there is a lack of undergraduate EM specific EPAs
being systematically developed and published, and this should be an area to be explored in future studies.
Keywords Medicine emergency, Entrustable professional activities, Medical school
Introduction Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are one way to assess competencies, and are designed to
bridge the gap between theoretical competencies and real world clinical practice.
Aims This was a systematic review which aims to answer the question: “Which EPAs related to Emergency Medicine
are described for medical schools?”.
Methods We included original qualitative, interventional and observational studies (cross-sectional, case-control,
and cohort studies) that described EPAs relevant to Emergency Medicine for Medical School. The search strategy was
created using a combination of keywords and standardized index terms related to EPAs and Emergency Medicine.
Results The search strategy identified 991 citations. After screening the titles and abstracts, we identified 85
potentially relevant studies. After the full-text review, a total of 11 reports met the criteria for inclusion.
Conclusion Recognizing a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiating evaluation and management is
the most common EPA related to Emergency Medicine described at Medical Schools. Use of EPAs is associated with
increased student satisfaction and improved competences. However, there is a lack of undergraduate EM specific EPAs
being systematically developed and published, and this should be an area to be explored in future studies.
Keywords Medicine emergency, Entrustable professional activities, Medical school
Creator
Lucas Casagrande Passoni Lopes1*, Rafael Vasconcelos Silva Ferrazini1
, Kessy Costa1
,
Winicius Loureiro de Albuquerque1
, Clara Carvalho2
, James Kwan3,4,11, Teng Kuan Peng David3
, Simon Chu5,6,
Patricia Zen Tempski7,8,9, Milton de Arruda Martins10 and Julio Cesar Garcia Alencar1
, Kessy Costa1
,
Winicius Loureiro de Albuquerque1
, Clara Carvalho2
, James Kwan3,4,11, Teng Kuan Peng David3
, Simon Chu5,6,
Patricia Zen Tempski7,8,9, Milton de Arruda Martins10 and Julio Cesar Garcia Alencar1
Source
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-024-00699-x
Date
2024
Contributor
Peri Irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Lucas Casagrande Passoni Lopes1*, Rafael Vasconcelos Silva Ferrazini1
, Kessy Costa1
,
Winicius Loureiro de Albuquerque1
, Clara Carvalho2
, James Kwan3,4,11, Teng Kuan Peng David3
, Simon Chu5,6,
Patricia Zen Tempski7,8,9, Milton de Arruda Martins10 and Julio Cesar Garcia Alencar1, “Entrustable professional activities, emergency
medicine and medical education: a systematic
review,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 25, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/12418.
medicine and medical education: a systematic
review,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 25, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/12418.