Hmoud AlSheikh Mona, Zaini Rania G, Iqbal Muhammad Zafar
Medical Education Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Medical Education Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022 Oct 28;13:1367-1374. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S379184. eCollection 2022.
This study aimed at developing a national consensus on entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for Saudi undergraduate medical education and mapping them with the "Saudi Meds" competency framework.
A three phased approach was used. Phase 1 consisted of identifying and developing EPAs; Phase 2 consisted of building a national consensus on developed EPAs (validation process); and Phase 3 consisted of mapping the validated EPAs with the Saudi Meds competency framework. Nominal group and modified Delphi techniques were used to develop consensus on EPAs. Classical test theory-based item analysis was conducted to establish validity and reliability of finalized EPAs.
Fifteen expert medical educationists and 109 academic leaders from 23 medical schools participated in the validation process. The study achieved a consensus on 10 core EPAs with an overall reliability (Cronbach's Alpha) of 0.814. The item-total correlation ranged from 0.341 to 0.642.
This study results in a national consensus on generic, comprehensive and region-specific EPAs that have been mapped with Saudi Meds competency framework. Our study is the first step in the direction of facilitating EPA-based curricular reforms in Saudi medical schools.
本研究旨在就沙特本科医学教育的可托付专业活动（EPA）达成全国共识，并将其与“沙特医学”能力框架进行映射。
采用三阶段方法。第一阶段包括识别和制定EPA；第二阶段包括就已制定的EPA达成全国共识（验证过程）；第三阶段包括将经过验证的EPA与沙特医学能力框架进行映射。采用名义小组法和改良德尔菲技术就EPA达成共识。进行基于经典测试理论的项目分析，以确定最终确定的EPA的有效性和可靠性。
来自23所医学院的15名医学教育专家和109名学术带头人参与了验证过程。该研究就10项核心EPA达成了共识，总体可靠性（克朗巴哈系数）为0.814。项目与总分的相关性在0.341至0.642之间。
本研究就通用、全面且针对特定地区的EPA达成了全国共识，并已将其与沙特医学能力框架进行了映射。我们的研究是朝着推动沙特医学院基于EPA的课程改革迈出的第一步。
