Abdullah Alismail,1,2,* David López1,* 1Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda Reflective Bands University, Loma Linda, CA, USA; 2Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA*Both authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Abdullah AlismailDepartment of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USAEmail [email protected]: The field of clinical education in health care has undergone several paradigm shifts in regards to its original theoretical frameworks across multiple healthcare professions.One of the most common evaluation and assessment tools undergoing equal amounts of change and research is competency-based education.
In that vein, the respiratory care profession is also experiencing similar challenges to better asses and evaluate clinical competency.One of the emerging professional directions in respiratory care is the establishment of the advanced practice respiratory therapist (APRT) at the graduate level.This new advanced degree profession currently relies on competency-based education as an evaluation and assessment framework to fulfill the competency domains required by the professions accrediting agency, the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
Since advanced practice, respiratory therapists will be considered advanced practice providers, a more robust assessment tool should be considered to assess and evaluate their clinical performance.The purpose of this article is to establish a higher Game Console RF Modulator evaluation and assessment framework, the Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) tool.Entrusting the learner to be competent practitioners involves many aspects of practice skills, tasks, and other intangible areas such as behaviors and critical thinking that may not typically part of a competency-based education framework.
We thus propose a sample EPA framework that is aligned with current CoARC APRT core competencies and a recommendation for an implementation strategy to assist the respiratory care community at large.Keywords: advanced practice respiratory therapy, competency, entrustable professional activities.