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July 31, 2025Ophthalmic and Physiological OpticsOpen Access

Bridging competence and practice: The role of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in optometric education

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SBSanele Buthelezi

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Overview

Narrative review explores the impact of entrustable professional activities on competency assessment in optometry, suggesting improvements in clinical practice.

Key Points

  • EPAs operationalize competency assessment by defining specific tasks for independent practice.
  • Challenges in optometric education include a lack of examples and need for faculty development in EPA implementation.
  • The review identifies trends in health profession education and highlights the role of structured assessments in enhancing readiness.
  • Adopting EPAs requires aligning curricula, training faculty, and creating robust assessment methods to improve patient outcomes.

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Sanele Buthelezi (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a094be6551bb0af8cf348https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.13562
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