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Review Article

Entrustable professional activities as a training and assessment framework in undergraduate medical education: A case study of a multi-institutional pilot

John A. Encandelaa Associate Proessor of Psychiatry and Executive Director of the Teaching & Learning Center at the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, ConnecticutCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lynn Shaullb Senior Research Specialist at the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9218-9570View further author information
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Amy Jayasc Research Analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-6937View further author information
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Jonathan M. Amield Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Associate Dean at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4027-6397View further author information
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David R. Browne Professor and Chief of Family and Community Medicine at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5361-6664View further author information
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Vivian T. Obesof Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Curriculum and Medical Education at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8189-3351View further author information
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Michael S. Ryang Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Assessment, Evaluation, Research, Scholarly Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3266-9289View further author information
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Article: 2175405 | Received 12 Jul 2022, Accepted 27 Jan 2023, Published online: 15 Feb 2023

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