Entrustable professional activity assessments in surgery: competing perspectives, practices, expectations, and future roles?

PurposeImplementation of entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessments in surgical training programs is a new transition. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore current perspectives, practices, and expectations for EPA assessments across four surgical specialties.MethodsThis was a single center, qualitative descriptive study grounded in a constructivist paradigm, whereby semi-structured interviews were conducted with surgical …