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Welcome to the Pathology EPA Training Resources Toolkit!  

This is the official Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) Resources webpage of the National EPA Working Group, co-sponsored by Association for Academic Pathology and the College of American Pathologists. Entrustable Professional Activities, or EPAs, are a competency-based assessment method anchored in trust. In pathology, EPAs are designed as a workplace-based assessment tool to capture entrustment decisions happening between teachers and trainees every day. We recommend using them as frequent, low-stakes assessments to help trainees learn and assess their progress at day-to-day pathology tasks over time. Here you will find:

  • Information on EPAs
  • Instructions for implementing EPAs at your training program
  • EPA assessment tools (formative and summative)
  • Faculty Development & coaching materials
  • Contact information for Working Group members if you have questions

Implementing EPAs at your training program:

Watch this “Roadmap to Implementing EPA" Webinar, featuring Bronwyn Bryant giving tips and tricks on how to implement EPAs at your pathology program. Additionally, share this “Faculty and Resident Introduction” Webinar with faculty and residents at your institution to begin implementation of EPAs. Other resources for implementing EPAs at your program include:

EPA Assessment Tools:

Index of EPA Assessment Tools

EPA Faculty & Resident Development:

Faculty and Resident Development in how to use EPAs is essential to develop a shared mental model about EPAs in residency training.  Faculty and residents can complete training on demand, with a certificate of completion emailed after.  Alternatively, training can be done as a group with discussion. Welcome to the EPA Training Website! This site includes training in completing an EPA and having a coaching conversation about an EPA-assessment or a portfolio of EPAs. Please start by watching this short, background video on EPAs! The below materials are to help conduct the Faculty/Resident development in a group format. If you will be leading the discussion, please watch one of the recordings to review the format of the discussion. Additionally, download the materials to conduct the group training at your institution: 

EPA Training Vignettes 

Instructions For Faculty & Staff (e.g. trainers or teachers):

  1. Complete training for each EPA relevant to your area of practice. (5-10 minutes each)
  2. Watch the coaching training video to incorporate coaching conversations into your EPA assessments (10 minutes)
  3. Download quick-reference Trifolds to have on hand
  4. Submit a certificate of completion to document your participation in faculty development

Instructions For Residents & Fellows (e.g. learners):

  1. Complete training for two EPAs pertinent to your training track. (5-10 minutes each)
  2. Watch the coaching training video to incorporate coaching conversations into your EPA assessments (10 minutes)
  3. Submit a certificate of completion to document your participation in faculty development

 

Index of EPA Training Vignettes: Excel Version  Index of EPA Training Vignettes: PDF Version  

Certificate of Completion: Please note, completion of the above trainings does not automatically send you a certificate of completion, you MUST COMPLETE the certificate of completion form linked in the index to receive one. This is to ensure anonymity in your training response, keeping your training results separate and confidential from your contact information. Please enter your information in the form to receive a certificate of completion of your training (specify for each). Also by providing your name, we will let your PD know that you have completed this training, but not your results as these are kept separate and confidential. Certificates of completion are sent on a monthly basis.  

Coaching Training Resources

Watch this informational video about coaching with EPAs. Which includes explanations on coaching in the moment and coaching over time. Share the below trifolds with your faculty to help facilitate the different coaching techniques:

Invite us to speak at your institution!

Members of the EPA Speakers Bureau would be happy to speak to faculty and residents at your institution about competency-based medical education and EPAs. Please contact the EPA Team at: [email protected].Mapping EPAs to Milestones:

Questions?

Contact Leaders of The EPA Pilot Study at [email protected]