• Pedro Tanaka, Adrian Marty, Yoon Soo Park, Clinton Kakazu, Ankeet Udani, Manuel Pardo, Kristina Sullivan, Charandip Sandhu, Judi Turner, John Mitchell, and Alex Macario.
• Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America. Electronic address: ptanaka@stanford.edu.
• J Clin Anesth. 2023 Sep 1; 88: 111116111116.

IntroductionThe use of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) as a basis for assessment may bridge the gap between the theory of competency-based education and clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate EPAs for United States (US) first-year clinical anesthesia (CA-1) residents for anesthesiology residency programs to use as the basis for curriculum development and workplace assessment.MethodsFrom a list of EPAs abstracted from the literature, an expert panel through a modified Delphi consensus process established EPAs for the CA1 curriculum.ResultsThe final list of EPAs after group consensus had 28 EPAs, with 14 (50%) considered to be applicable to the CA-1 year. An 80% consensus rate was used to accept or reject the final list.ConclusionThis study applied a construct validity lens to EPA development providing assurance that the EPAs adopted are appropriate for use in workplace-based assessment and entrustment decision-making.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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