Who is this EPA relevant to?
Trainees, supervisors of training (SOTs), clinical supervisors and assessors involved in observing or reviewing patient assessment.
What evidence could be included?
- Observed consultations;
- Case-based discussions;
- Documentation reviews;
- Supervisor narratives;
- Patient feedback; and
- Other approved workplace-based assessment evidence.
View the draft of EPA 1
This guideline relates to entrustable professional activity (EPA 1), which focuses on trainees being entrusted to perform comprehensive clinical assessments of patients with pain using a sociopsychobiomedical framework.
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This EPA focuses on the trainee’s ability to develop and present a coherent pain formulation that integrates clinical reasoning, patient context, risk, uncertainty and interdisciplinary perspectives.
This EPA focuses on the trainee’s ability to develop, communicate and review a pain management plan that is safe, patient-centred, practical and coordinated with relevant members of the care team.