Institute of Health Sciences Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences Education, McGill University, Lady Meredith House, 1110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada.
Surg Endosc. 2023 Jul;37(7):5335-5339. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10022-z. Epub 2023 Mar 29.
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) provide the opportunity to integrate multiple competencies into meaningful units that facilitate curriculum development and assessment design. As part of the process of reviewing and enhancing the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic of Surgery (FLS) program, we used the concept of EPAs to create a framework of reference that articulates a contemporary definition of Laparoscopic Surgery (LS).
The framework of reference of LS was created with data gathered from a literature review and during series of educational retreats with subject matter experts (SMEs). Various activities were implemented during these retreats to develop the LS EPAs, their constitutive competencies, and related observable behaviors.
Ten EPAs and associated competency descriptors (articulated as observable behaviors) specific to LS were identified. In addition, knowledge areas were associated to each EPA.
A comprehensive list of EPAs for LS were identified. These EPAs will be used in the development and update of the FLS program. Further, they can be used to guide the development of curriculum, clinical teaching, and assessment in any surgical program with a laparoscopic training component. They are applicable to any level of training by defining the expected observable behaviors associated with a given level of expertise. These fundamental aspects of LS provide a common framework of reference across different surgical specialties.
可委托的专业活动 (EPAs) 提供了将多项能力整合到有意义的单元中的机会，从而促进课程开发和评估设计。作为审查和增强腹腔镜手术基础 (FLS) 计划的过程的一部分，我们使用 EPA 的概念创建了一个参考框架，阐明了腹腔镜手术 (LS) 的当代定义。
LS 的参考框架是使用文献综述和与主题专家 (SME) 进行的一系列教育务虚会中收集的数据创建的。在这些务虚会上，实施了各种活动来开发 LS EPA、其构成能力和相关可观察行为。
确定了十个与 LS 相关的 EPA 及其相关的能力描述符（表现为可观察行为）。此外，还为每个 EPA 关联了知识领域。
确定了一份全面的 LS EPA 清单。这些 EPA 将用于 FLS 计划的开发和更新。此外，它们可以用于指导任何具有腹腔镜培训组件的外科计划的课程开发、临床教学和评估。它们适用于任何培训水平，通过定义与给定专业水平相关的预期可观察行为来定义。这些 LS 的基本方面为不同外科专业提供了一个共同的参考框架。
