ArticleMedical education online2021
An update on current EPAs in graduate medical education: A scoping review.
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Abstract
The purpose of this scoping review is to update the recent progress of EPAs research in GME, focusing on the topical concern of EPAs effectiveness, and to provide a reference for medical researchers in countries/regions interested in introducing EPAs. Guided by Arksey and O'Malley's framework regarding scoping reviews, the researchers, in January 2021, conducted a search in five databases to ensure the comprehensiveness of the literature. After the predetermined process, 29 articles in total were included in this study. The most common areas for the implementation and evaluation of EPAs were Surgery (n = 7,24.1%), Pediatric (n = 5,17.2%) and Internal medicine (n = 4,13.8%), a result that shows a relatively large change in the research trend of EPAs in the last two years. Prior to 2018, EPAs research focused on internal medicine, psychiatry, family medicine, and primary care. The articles in the category of EPAs implementation and evaluation had four main themes: (1) validation of EPAs (n = 16,55.2%); (2) describing the experience of implementing EPAs (n = 11,37.9%); (3) examining the factors and barriers that influence the implementation and evaluation of EPAs (n = 6,20.6%); and (4) researching the experiences of faculty, interns, and other relevant personnel in using EPAs. Training programs were the most common EPAs implementation setting (n = 26,89.6%); direct observation and evaluation (n = 12,41.4%), and evaluation by scoring reports (n = 5,17.2%) were the two most common means of assessing physicians' EPA levels; 19 papers (65.5%) used faculty evaluation, and nine of these papers also used self-assessment (31.0%); the most frequently used tools in the evaluation of EPAs were mainly researcher-made instruments (n = 37.9%), assessment form (n = 7,24.1%), and mobile application (n = 6,20.7%). Although EPAs occupy an increasingly important place in international medical education, this study concludes that the implementation and diffusion of EPAs on a larger scale is still difficult.
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