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April 26, 2026BMC Medical EducationOpen Access

Bridging competency gaps: developing entrustable professional activities for undergraduate oral and maxillofacial surgery training

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DSDr Saima SiddiquiSHSonia Ijaz HaiderRJRafey Ahmad Jameel

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Overview

Randomized trial develops OMFS EPAs for final-year BDS students, indicating strong reliability and quality assessment.

Key Points

  • This study aimed to develop specific Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for undergraduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) training and assess their quality and reliability.
  • Developed a set of 10 EPAs using a consensus-generating mixed-methods design with a purposive expert panel of 10.
  • Employed the Nominal Group Technique for EPA generation and structured rating on a 5-point Likert scale.
  • Evaluated EPA quality using the 14-item EQual rubric and analyzed data with descriptive statistics and inter-rater reliability measures.
  • Achieved a consensus of 9/10 for history-taking, diagnostic testing, informed consent, and non-surgical care; lower consensus for others like preventive care (3/10).
  • Eight out of ten EPAs were deemed satisfactory, while orofacial pain management and preventive/follow-up care EPAs required further refinement based on expert feedback.
  • Overall mean EQual scores were between 4.26 and 4.41, indicating high reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89) and excellent dependability (phi = 0.987 for specialists).

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Siddiqui et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69edabb84a46254e215b39f7https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09259-8
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