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Background Competency-based education has led to the introduction of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) in health sciences education. EPAs are assessment tools that serve to certify a trainee's preparedness to conduct a given clinical activity.Objective Given its modest introduction into dental education, we sought to examine the current situation of EPAs in our field and identify possible barriers and facilitators. This review aimed to summarise evidence about EPA introduction in dental education programmes.Data sources A review of articles published between January 2005 and December 2021 was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews methodology in three databases (PubMed, Cochrane and Embase). Data selection Keywords were 'entrustable professional activity' OR 'entrustable professional activities' AND 'dentistry' OR 'dental education'. Data extraction Eligibility criteria targeted papers published in English describing dental education EPA.Data synthesis Ten publications were selected: six reported on new EPAs, three discussed their relevance for dental education and one article described a process

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Author

Claire Ehlinger; Nicolas Fernandez; Marion Strub

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)