AAMC - 13 Core EPAs for Entering Residency

This refers to the EPAs based on the milestones of competencies for medical students graduating from the undergraduate allopathic medicine programs AAMC - Physician Competency Reference Set (PCRS)

• Pilots at 10 Medical Schools from 2014 to 2021
  • NYU Grossman, Yale, ... etc.
• Core EPAs for Entering Residency
  1. Gather a history and perform a physical examination.
  2. Prioritize a differential diagnosis following a clinical encounter.
  3. Recommend and interpret common diagnostic and screening tests.
  4. Enter and discuss orders and prescriptions.
  5. Document a clinical encounter in the patient record.
  6. Provide an oral presentation of a clinical encounter.
  7. Form clinical questions and retrieve evidence to advance patient care.
  8. Give or receive a patient handover to transition care responsibility.
  9. Collaborate as a member of an interprofessional team.
  10. Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiate evaluation and management.
  11. Obtain informed consent for tests and/or procedures.
  12. Perform general procedures of a physician.
  13. Identify system failures and contribute to a culture of safety and improvement