BookAssociation of American Medical Colleges.
Summary: "This landmark publication published by the AAMC identifies a list of integrated activities to be expected of all M.D. graduates making the transition from medical school to residency. This guide delineates 13 Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) that all entering residents should be expected to perform on day 1 of residency without direct supervision regardless of specialty choice. The Core EPAs for entering residency are designed to be a subset of all of the graduation requirements of a medical school. Individual schools may have additional mission-specific graduation requirements, and specialties may have specific EPAs that would be required after the student has made the specialty decision but before residency matriculation. The Core EPAs may also be foundational to an EPA for any practicing physician or for specialty-specific EPAs"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Gather a history and perform a physical examination
Prioritize a differential diagnosis following a clinical encounter
Recommend and interpret common diagnostic and screening tests
Enter and discuss orders and prescriptions
Document a clinical encounter in the patient record
Provide an oral presentation of a clinical encounter
Form clinical questions and retrieve evidence to advance patient care
Give or receive a patient handover to transition care responsibility
Collaborate as a member of an interprofessional team
Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiate evaluation and management
Obtain informed consent for tests and/or procedures
Perform general procedures of a physician
Identify system failures and contribute to a culture of safety and improvement.