Struggling with the logic of EPA frameworks

Sibbald, Matthew; Regehr, Glenn

doi:10.1111/medu.14846

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“…These considerations add to the concerns of Sibbald and Regehr who caution against a gamification of EPA opportunity seeking, because chasing EPAs could come at the expense of engaging in the remaining and all-embracing practices of a professional group (i.e., engagement in experiences within the social dynamic of the profession). 44 Although a systematic review by van Gaalen and colleagues did not find any negative outcomes of the use of gamification in health professions education, 45 this is nevertheless a topic that deserves further analysis as medical educators seek to implement app-based EPAs. Mechanisms, such as gamification, thus could have a very broad range of effects on feedback culture, neither simply positive nor simply negative.…”

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Exploring the Impact of Entrustable Professional Activities on Feedback Culture: A Qualitative Study of Anesthesiology Residents and Attendings

et al. 2023

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Purpose Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) were introduced as a potential way to optimize workplace-based assessments. Yet, recent studies suggest that EPAs have not yet overcome all of the challenges to implementing meaningful feedback. The aim of this study was to explore the extent to which the introduction of EPAs via mobile app impacts feedback culture as experienced by anesthesiology residents and attending physicians. Method Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, the authors interviewed a purposive and theoretical sample of residents (n = 11) and attendings (n = 11) at the Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Zurich, where EPAs had recently been implemented. Interviews took place between February and December 2021. Data collection and analysis were conducted iteratively. The authors used open, axial, and selective coding to gain knowledge and understanding on the interplay of EPAs and feedback culture. Results Participants reflected on a number of changes in their day-to-day experience of feedback culture with the implementation of EPAs. Three main mechanisms were instrumental in this process: lowering the feedback threshold, change in feedback focus, and gamification. Participants felt a lower threshold to feedback seeking and giving and that the frequency of feedback conversations increased and tended to be more focused on a specific topic and shorter, while feedback content tended to focus more on technical skills and more attention was given to average performances. Residents indicated that the app-based approach fostered a game-like motivation to “climb levels,” while attendings did not perceive a game-like experience. Conclusions EPAs may offer a solution to problems of infrequent occurrence of feedback and invite attention to average performances and technical competencies, but may come at the expense of feedback on nontechnical skills. This study suggests that feedback culture and feedback instruments have a mutually interacting influence on each other.

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