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EPA framework as the organising competency structure for a summative pre-PJ OSCE.

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Description

The article uses the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) framework as the organising structure for the PJ-OSCE, defining the examination's purpose as assessing students' readiness to enter the Practical Year by evaluating practical clinical competencies acquired during the curriculum and clinical clerkships. The stations were "based on the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), defined in the National Competency-Based Learning Objectives Catalogue for Medicine (NKLM)". The EPA framework provides a competency-based structure that links summative assessment to the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate training.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Requires a national competency-based learning objectives catalogue (NKLM) to define the EPAs.
  • Requires clinical clerkships/modules whose learning objectives align with the selected EPAs.

Constraints

  • The article notes that the HannibaL model curriculum predates the formal EPA framework but provided a curricular foundation compatible with EPA-oriented competency assessment.

Target Learners

  • Final-year undergraduate medical students

Learning Goals

  • Readiness for Practical Year entry
  • Entrustable professional activities
  • Clinical competencies

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Noll C, Mikuteit M, Golon S, Louzek C, Afshar K, Just I, Steffens S. (2026). Feasibility and implementation of a final year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in a medical model curriculum. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-10350-3
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title EPA framework as the organising competency structure for a summative pre-PJ OSCE.
description The article uses the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) framework as the organising structure for the PJ-OSCE, defining the examination's purpose as assessing students' readiness to enter the Practical Year by...
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