Welcome to the Pathology EPA Resources Page 

This is the official Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) Resources webpage of the National EPA Working Group, co-sponsored by Association for Academic Pathology and the College of American Pathologists. Here you will find:

• Information on EPAs
• Instructions for implementing EPAs at your training program
• EPA assessment tools (formative and summative)
• Faculty Development materials
• Contact information for Working Group members if you have questions

What are Entrustable Professional Activities?

Entrustable Professional Activities, or EPAs, are a competency-based assessment method anchored in trust. In pathology, EPAs are designed as a workplace-based assessment tool to capture entrustment decisions happening between teachers and trainees every day. We recommend using them as frequent, low-stakes assessments to help trainees learn and assess their progress at day-to-day pathology tasks over time.

Implementing EPAs at your training program:

“Roadmap to Implementing EPA” Webinar

Introductory PowerPoint to share with faculty and residents at your institution:

Faculty and Resident Introduction   Faculty and Resident Introduction PowerPoint

Other resources for implementing EPAs at your program:

Twelve Tips Article  Core Components Article 

Implementing Tips Sheet  National Pilot Manuscript 

EPA Assessment Tools:

Formative EPA Tools, Short Version (updated Jan 2024) 

Summative EPA Tools, Word Versions  

EPA Faculty & Resident Development:

Faculty and Resident Development in how to use EPAs is essential to develop a shared mental model about EPAs in residency training.  Faculty and residents can complete training on demand, with a certificate of completion emailed after.  Alternatively, training can be done as a group with discussion. 

Visit this website for on-demand training (conducted independently):

Faculty & Resident Development Website 

Below are materials for conducting Faculty/Resident development in a group format. If you will be leading the discussion, please watch one of these recordings to review the format of the discussion: 

CP Recording  AP Recording   

Download these materials to conduct the group training at your institution:

EPA Faculty Development Materials  

EPA Resident Development Materials

Invite us to speak at your institution!

Members of the EPA Speakers Bureau would be happy to speak to faculty and residents at your institution about competency-based medical education and EPAs. Please contact the EPA Team at: [email protected].

Mapping EPAs to Milestones:

Questions?

Contact Co-Leaders of The EPA Pilot Study, Bronwyn Bryant & Cindy McCloskey at [email protected]