EPA Resources

Faculty development materials and key guides and videos about Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for programs and trainees.

Resources by Category:

Implementation Resources

Getting started

These implementation-related resources for programs and trainees are designed to assist in a successful launch of EPAs at your institution.

Frequently asked questions about EPAs by specialty:

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ABS EPA App™ User Guide – Surgical Specialties

ABS EPA App™ User Guide – General Surgery

EPA Implementation Checklist – For Trainees

EPA Implementation Checklist – For Programs

Resources for trainees

Trainee engagement

The following resources are specifically designed to aid trainees in incorporating EPAs into their daily activity and show how EPAs will benefit their training.

Resources for Faculty

Faculty engagement

These resources are specifically designed to aid faculty in completing EPA assessments and to increase faculty engagement.

Additional videos:

ABS EPA App™ User Guide – General Surgery

ABS EPA App™ Dashboard Guide – General Surgery

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ABS EPA App™ User Guide – Surgical Specialties

EPA Annotated Bibliography – General Surgery

Resources for Clinical Competency Committees

EPA guidance for Clinical Competency Committees

The following resources are designed to aid Clinical Competency Committees (CCCs) in using the formative assessments from EPAs to help determine summative entrustment.

Entrustable Professional Activities By Specialty

Read the EPAs and their full descriptions

EPAs for general surgery, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, and complex general surgical oncology are available for viewing here. Read the full descriptions for each set of EPAs below.

General Surgery EPAs

Vascular Surgery EPAs

Pediatric Surgery EPAs

Complex General Surgical Oncology EPAs

Surgical Critical Care EPAs

ABS EPA Mobile Application for General Surgery

How to use the ABS EPA App™ for general surgery

Learn how to create and complete an EPA assessment and how to bulk upload faculty and trainee profiles into the admin website using the ABS EPA App™, powered by SIMPL.

ABS EPA App™ Dashboard Guide – General Surgery

ABS EPA App™ User Guide – General Surgery

ABS EPA Mobile Application for Surgical Specialties

How to use the ABS EPA App™ for surgical specialties

Learn how to create and complete an EPA assessment in the ABS EPA App™, powered by Firefly.

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ABS EPA App™ User Guide – Surgical Specialties

Installing the ABS EPA App™ – Surgical Specialties

ABS EPA App™ Batch Upload Guide – Surgical Specialties

ABS EPA App™ Batch Upload Template – Surgical Specialties

How to Use the ABS EPA Dashboard for Surgical Specialties

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Look for the EPA Badge

Modules in SCORE that relate to an EPA are tagged with an EPA badge. Click the hyperlinked citation in the SCORE Resources section to access the corresponding ABS EPA documentation.