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Virtual patient cases aligned with EPAs provide innovative e-learning strategies

Canadian Journal of Surgery, 2021-11, Vol.64, p.S74-S75 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Joule Inc Nov 2021 ;ISSN: 0008-428X ;EISSN: 1488-2310

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    Virtual patient cases aligned with EPAs provide innovative e-learning strategies
  • Author: Minor, Sam ; Posel, Nancy ; Fleiszer, David
  • Subjects: Medical education
  • Is Part Of: Canadian Journal of Surgery, 2021-11, Vol.64, p.S74-S75
  • Description: Background: Competency-based medical education is a framework of organized representations of sets of interrelated knowledge and procedural skills. Each competency is aligned with entrustable professional activities (EPAs). These are specified by regulatory bodies. Undergraduate medical education knowledge and their associated EPAs are designed to prepare learners for the first year of their residencies. Methods: This oral presentation will provide an overview of a project that used a virtual patient case (VP) to highlight and address specific postgraduate medical education EPAs. Supported by the Canadian Association of General Surgeons, a VP was developed by a clinical content expert and then integrated into a virtual patient case application by developers with strong pedagogical and clinical backgrounds. The clinical narrative was initially constructed using a template that was then followed by online discussions, reviews and modifications. The completed case will be peer-reviewed prior to publication. Results: The resulting case provides an online standardized exercise for learners that can be made available irrespective of geographical limitations. This process permits wide distribution of clinical content expertise. The addition of individualized metrics and data allows for objective assessment of competencies and EPAs and permits formative identification of strengths and weaknesses that can then be addressed. The authors will present examples of several Canadian EPAs as well as associated CanMEDS roles that can be related to specific elements of the case. Conclusion: VPs aligned with EPAs provide an innovative teaching strategy for on-site and remote learning. They permit self, formative and summative assessment and provide educators with innovative evaluation methodologies.
  • Publisher: Ottawa: CMA Impact, Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0008-428X
    EISSN: 1488-2310
  • Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
    PubMed Central
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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