Building a Framework of Entrustable Professional Activities, Supported by Competencies and Milestones, to Bridge the Educational Continuum

Academic Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 324-330

  Carraccio, Carol ^a   Englander, Robert ^b   Gilhooly, Joseph ^c   Mink, Richard ^d   Hofkosh, Dena ^e   Barone, Michael A ^f   Holmboe, Eric S ^g  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960192139     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001141     Document Type: Review

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