Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Simulation Leaders: The Time Has Come

The time has come to move away from simulation educators who represent a convenience sample of available faculty and toward strategic selection of instructors who have demonstrated competency in the required knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) necessary for high-quality simulation instruction. This idea of demonstrating competence before independent practice is not new in medical education. For example, entrustable professional activities (EPAs) have been developed to describe units of professional practice that can be executed unsupervised by a learner once a specific competence has been attained and demonstrated, rather than assuming competency solely because of time in training.
Source: Journal of Surgical Education - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research