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To construct a competency-oriented assessment index system based on entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for 5-year undergraduate clinical medical students in oncology internship.
Methods
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From June to December 2023
the scoping review approach and Bicomb 2.0 were used to construct and manage an item pool. The draft of EPAs and competencies was designed based on truncated word frequency. SPSS 25.0 was used for cluster analysis and UCINET 6.0 was used for visualization. Combining the characteristics and consensus of oncology
a multi-center expert group used the KJ method to draft the framework of EPAs and competencies. Subsequently
the expert group defined milestones and mapped the milestones to the framework to establish the assessment system.
Results
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Based on 26 included studies
a draft was created containing 19 EPA indicators and 72 competency characteristic indicators. After cluster analysis
13 experts from 6 medical institutions established a framework including 13 EPAs and 10 competencies as well as 50 milestones
leading to the construction of the "EPAs-competencies-milestones" assessment system.
Conclusions
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The "EPAs-competencies-milestones" assessment system aligns with the trend of reform
demonstrating universality
specificity
and scientificity. It provides a reference for the development and assessment of oncology internship courses in medical universities.
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