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IE-021 - Transforming Dental Education with Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): Envisioning the future of dental education.

Sunday, March 9, 2025

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Location: Maryland A, Ballroom Level

CE: 1.5

Olle ten Cate, Ph.D.

University Medical Center Utrecht
Rocio B. Quinonez, D.M.D., M.S., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry
Phillip Marucha, D.M.D., Ph.D.

Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry
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Erinne N. Kennedy, D.M.D., M.P.H., M.M.Sc.

Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine
Vidya Ramaswamy, Ph.D.

University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Theodora E. Danciu, D.M.D., D.M.Sc.

University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Laura Romito, D.D.S, M.S, M.B.A. FNAP

Indiana University School of Dentistry
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Jennifer Cully, D.M.D.

Children's National Hospital

Introduced as a concept in 2005 for postgraduate medical education, EPAs are being applied in many competency-based training programs worldwide, including in undergraduate medical education, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, nursing programs and dentistry. EPAs, "units of professional practice that can be fully entrusted to trainees, once they have demonstrated to possess the required competencies," are highly applicable in dental education. This interactive session will start with an introduction about the importance, process and impact of implementing EPAs in health profession education by Dr. Olle ten Cate, the founder of the concept.

Learning Objectives:

Define core concepts and rationale of the EPA framework and explain entrustment decision-making as an approach to assessment of learners.
Describe potential positive impact of this framework on dental education.
Identify sources for more information on this topic.