Abstract
Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are a curriculum development and learner assessment tool that ensure a trainee is able to safely translate the skills they have learned during residency into unsupervised clinical practice. Although EPAs are used extensively across various health professions worldwide, dentistry is just beginning to call for their development at both the predoctoral and postgraduate levels. Given the complex, multifactorial nature of orofacial pain disorders and the need for an interdisciplinary approach to management, the specialty of orofacial pain is well suited to embracing EPAs to ensure program graduates are prepared for practice. Therefore, 10 EPAs have been developed in a combined effort from program directors from every CODA-accredited postgraduate orofacial pain residency program. J Oral Facial Pain Headache 2020;34:255-264. doi: 10.11607/ofph.2640
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 255-264 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
J.H.: Primary author of the manuscript; G.H., J.O.: Significantly contributed to this article and its editing and guidance on the manuscript; J.S.: Helped co-author article. The authors thank the PDs from all CODA-accredited OFP residency programs for their con-tributionto the creation of the 10 EPAs, including: Sherwin Arman, Lawrence Ashman, Glen Clark, Yoly Gonzalez-Stucker, James Hawkins, Steve Hargitai, Gary Heir, Shanti Kaimal, Pei Feng Lim, Chao Lu, Junad Khan, Jeffrey Okeson, and Jeffry Shaefer. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The views expressed in this article reflect the results of research conducted by the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, or the United States Government. The authors have no commercial interests in any products or materials that may be mentioned in this manuscript and are military service members or federal/contracted employees of the United States government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties. Title 17 U.S.C. 105 provides that copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government. Title 17 U.S.C. 101 defines a U.S. Government work as work prepared by a military service member or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force | |
| United States Government | |
| U.S. Department of Defense | |
| Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
Keywords
- EPA
- competency
- entrustable professional activity
- pain education
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dentistry (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Neurology
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine