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 professionals
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Supervision and teaching

Supervise and teach professional colleagues
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Patient safety and quality improvement

Individual to system-level harm prevention and provision of high-quality care
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Emergency department management

Manage an emergency department
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Acute illness clinical assessment and management

Assess and manage the early care of acutely unwell children
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Acute injury clinical assessment and management

Assess and manage children with suspected acute injuries
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Transitions, transfers, and handovers of care

Manage the transition of patient care between health professionals, providers, and contexts
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Communication with patients and families

Communicate with children, their families, whānau, and/or carers
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Procedures

Plan, prepare for, perform, and provide aftercare for important practical procedures across different settings
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Resuscitation assessment and management

Resuscitate critically ill / injured paediatric patients
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Acute behavioural and psychiatric presentation and management

Manage paediatric patients presenting with behavioural and/or psychological disturbances in the emergency department