Bringing competencies closer to day-to-day clinical work through entrustable professional activities

ten Cate, Olle; Tobin, Stephen; Stokes, Marie-Louise

doi:10.5694/mja16.00481

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Over the past 20 years, medical training institutions, medical regulatory authorities and the public have sought to redefine the competent medical doctor. This has reshaped the training and assessment of students, interns and registrars across the continuum. Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands and Australia have contributed to this global movement.1,2

1 Center for Research and Development of Education, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
2 University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
3 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, VIC
4 Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, NSW

Correspondence: t.j.tencate@umcutrecht.nl

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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