Developing entrustable professional activities for residents in physical and rehabilitation medicine: A Delphi study
Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are set to assess residents' capacity to perform professional units close to the context of their future clinical practice. The aim was to define a concise list of EPAs covering the broad specialty of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) to implement a systematic and consistent assessment of trainees' competencies during their residency. A list of EPAs was developed based on a literature review and working group. This list was then submitted to academic PRM professors for validation via a Delphi process. Two rounds were planned with intermediate and final discussion meetings by an external steering committee. Ten EPAs were developed in a first draft. Each of the seven parts of the EPAs obtained validation through the Delphi process. A list of 11 clinical contexts of application was approved to integrate the EPAs in the different areas of PRM. The next step will be the deployment of these EPAs for the validation of residency internships.
Authors
- Jean‐Christophe Daviet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5952-3557)
- Claire Hentzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9223-4925)
- L. Bensoussan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-8141)
- Christelle Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-3230)
- F. Boyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1035-9108)
- X. De Boissezon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7161-4689)
- Olivier Rémy‐Néris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6862-8433)
- Charles Pradeau
Institutions
- Délégation Paris 5 (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Aix-Marseille Université (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Hôpital Cochin (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (FR)
- Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (FR)
- Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information de la Communication et de la Connaissance (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (FR)
- Hôpital Purpan (FR)
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (FR)
- Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg (FR)
- Groupe de Recherche Clinique en Neuro-urologie (FR)
- Université de Limoges (FR)
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2025.101978
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88