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Curriculum standards

Entrustable Professional Activities

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) outline the essential work tasks trainees need to be able to perform in the workplace.

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Team leadership

Lead a team of health and other professionals

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Supervision and teaching

Supervise and teach professional colleagues

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Quality improvement

Identify and address quality systems in health care delivery and workplaces

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Clinical assessment, investigation and management

Clinically assess, investigate, and manage the ongoing care of workers/patients

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Communication with workers, patients, communities, third parties, and other stakeholders

Communicate with a range of stakeholders, including workers/patients, communities, professional bodies, businesses, health administration, insurers, and employers

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Analysis and application of data

Research within the workplace and environment

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Occupational and environmental screening, surveillance, and investigations

Select, organise, and interpret screening, surveillance, and diagnostic investigations

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Hazard identification and risk assessment

Workplace and environmental hazard assessment

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Fitness for work assessment

Assess workers’/patients’ ability to return to work