The Australian entrustable professional activities (EPAs) describe essential clinical work performed by prevocational doctors in postgraduate years one and two. The four EPAs address clinical assessment; recognition and care of the acutely unwell patient; safe prescribing; and team communication through documentation, handover and referral.

Assessment is based on direct observation of routine practice and an assessor’s judgement about the level of supervision required for safe performance. EPAs create structured opportunities for feedback, learning and progressive responsibility. Results contribute to term assessments and end-of-year global judgements, helping determine whether doctors have achieved the outcomes required to progress successfully through prevocational training.

The following resources provide information about prevocational EPAs:

Overview of the EPAs - produced by Australian Medical Council (6 min video animation)

Overview of the EPAs - CRMEC website

Summary of EPAs - CRMEC document

The following resources provide resources for assessing prevocational EPAs:

EPA 1 assessment example Patient with a Fever - produced by Australian Medical Council (5 min video with actors)

EPA 1-4 assessment examples - produced by NSW HETI (collection of videos with actors)

EPA detailed descriptions - formal document produced by Australian Medical Council

Feedback using EPAs - produced by NSW HETI (12 min video with actors)