Dataset of "A multi-method approach to drafting candidate entrustable professional activities for a general internal medicine residency programme"

The present Dataset is related to a study on "A multi-method approach to drafting candidate entrustable professional activities for a general internal medicine residency programme" and include :

The  "Voting sheet model" used for the 1st round of voting according to the RAND appropriateness method

The tables of aggregate results after round 1 and after round 2 of the RAND appropriateness method, with subgroup analysis

A document describing which items where chosen to be included in round 2 of voting and why (file name "Summary_Decisions_.....")

The list of candidate EPA (Entrustable Professional Activities) selected after 2 round of rating by the expert panel. This list of 225 EPA had not yet undergone the quality check using the EQual-Criteria (DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001908)

Methods: We set up a multi-step approach including a systematic review of the international literature; four national focus groups; a national consensus process using a RAND appropriateness method and a quality check of the selected candidate EPAs using Equal criteria.

Results: These steps generated a final list of 247 candidate EPAs in GIM that were submitted for the national consensus process. After two rounds of rating, experts agreed on the appropriateness for the GIM postgraduate training of 225 of the candidate EPAs. Twenty-two of the proposed EPAs were deemed inappropriate and disagreement persisted only for two EPAs.

General description of the data set  :

o   Nature: aggregated, analysed data

o   Mode of collection: experimental

o   Format: unstructured text, database