Abstract
With the rapid uptake of entrustable professional activties and entrustment decision-making as an approach in undergraduate and graduate education in medicine and other health professions, there is a risk of confusion in the use of new terminologies. The authors seek to clarify the use of many words related to the concept of entrustment, based on existing literature, with the aim to establish logical consistency in their use. The list of proposed definitions includes independence, autonomy, supervision, unsupervised practice, oversight, general and task-specific trustworthiness, trust, entrust(ment), entrustable professional activity, entrustment decision, entrustability, entrustment-supervision scale, retrospective and prospective entrustment-supervision scales, and entrustment-based discussion. The authors conclude that a shared understanding of the language around entrustment is critical to strengthen bridges among stages of training and practice, such as undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and continuing professional development. Shared language and understanding provide the foundation for consistency in interpretation and implementation across the educational continuum.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 737-744 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Medical Teacher |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The concept for this article originated during a two-day forum meeting of the International Competency-Based Medical Education (ICBME) Collaborators in Ottawa, Canada, July 2019.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Clinical assessment
- outcomes-based
- postgraduate education
- undergraduate education
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article