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Use of POEs( Point of EPA Evaluations) Across All Third Year Clerkships for Year Long EPA ( Entrustable Professional Activity) Monitoring

Purpose: To describe the development of a school wide and longitudinal assessment of the core Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA)s using an easily accessible App.

Background: Our insitution is  part of the EPA pilot study sponsored by the AAMC to explore the feasibility of teaching and assessing the core EPAs. This year direct observation and assessment of the EPAs was implemented across clerkships . Each clerkship was allowed to determine which EPAs were applicable to their field.

Methods: The OBGYN department determined and assessed that EPA1( History and Physical) , ] EPA2 ( Differential Dx) , EPA3 ( Dx and Screening Tests) and EPA6 ( Oral Presentation)  were core skills to the clerkship with the following scale (1=student observed, 2=assessor had to talk the student through it, 3=assessor had direct them from time to time, and 4=assessor  needed to be available just in case.)

Results:

                       OB                    Other Clerkships             p

EPA 1            3.0( 0.5)                     3.5 (0.5)               <0.0001

EPA 2           3.0 (0.9)                       3.4 (0.6)              <0.05

EPA3             3.0 (0.9)                      3.4 (0.7)               n.s

EPA6            3.1( 0.5)                         3.4  (0.5)              < 0.005

For the first 3 months there were 2783 EPA assessments. The average score was 3.45. In comparison to other clerkships, students on OBGYN received lower scores in EPA 1,2,6.( p<.0001, P< .05 and P< .005) possibly  indicating more stringent grading by faculty or lower performance of medical students.

Discussions: In comparison to all other clerkships combines, student on OBGYN received lower scores in all four EPAs possibly  indicating more stringent grading by faculty or lower performance of medical students. Lower EPA scores may  indicate more stringent grading by faculty or lower performance of medical students. This could also be related to lower numbers of overall EPAs reuired by the OB/GYN clerkship.  Further research is needed to determine the significance of these findings.

Topics: CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, 2019, Student, Resident, Faculty, Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, Osteopathic Faculty, Residency Director, Residency Coordinator, Practice-Based Learning & Improvement, GME, UME, Assessment,