Entrustable Professional Activities for Pathology: Recommendations From the College of American Pathologists Graduate Medical Education Committee

Academic Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2017, Pages

  McCloskey, Cindy B ^a   Domen, Ronald E ^b   Conran, Richard M ^c   Hoffman, Robert D ^d   Post, Miriam D ^e   Brissette, Mark D ^f   Gratzinger, Dita A ^g   Raciti, Patricia M ^h   Cohen, David A ⁱ   Roberts, Cory A ^j   Rojiani, Amyn M ^k   Kong, Christina S ^g   Peterson, Jo Elle G ^a   Johnson, Kristen ^l   Plath, Sue ^l   Powell, Suzanne Zein Eldin ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j ProPath   (United States)

^k MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^l North Carolina   (United States)

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Author keywords

anatomic and clinical pathology; assessment; competency based feedback; entrustable professional activities (EPAs); medical education; Milestones; resident training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032784923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23742895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2374289517714283     Document Type: Article

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