Christina Gummesson, Stina Alm, Anna Cederborg, Mattias Ekstedt, Jarl Hellman, Hans Hjelmqvist, Magnus Hultin, Katarina Jood, Charlotte Leanderson, Bertil Lindahl, Riitta Möller, Björn Rosengren, Anders Själander, Peter J Svensson, Stefan Särnblad, Alexander Tejera
BACKGROUND: The development of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) as a framework for work-based training and assessment in undergraduate medical education has become popular. EPAs are defined as units of a professional activity requiring adequate knowledge, skills, and attitudes, with a recognized output of professional labor, independently executable within a time frame, observable and measurable in its process and outcome, and reflecting one or more competencies. Before a new framework is implemented in a specific context, it is valuable to explore social validity, that is, the acceptability by relevant stakeholders...
September 4, 2023: BMC Medical Education