As the AAMC initiates a pilot for the Core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Entering Residency, we are seeking baseline data from residency program directors about the readiness of graduates of LCME-accredited US medical schools to perform the 13 Core EPAs without direct supervision upon entry to residency. These EPAs are based on the work of a thirteen-member expert panel informed by the literature and by feedback from the academic medicine community. Your response will be helpful in establishing a baseline against which we can assess impact as some schools implement the Core EPAs for Entering Residency.Your participation in this project is voluntary. All responses are confidential. The data will be reported in aggregate by specialty type for research purposes. No individual respondent or individual program will be identified in any report of these data. This data collection activity has been reviewed according to AAMC policies and procedures and its Institutional Review Board and is considered to be minimal risk. The AAMC has taken extensive measures to ensure the security of the data and the confidentiality of the responses. Nevertheless, if individually identified data were made public, it could prove embarrassing. If you have any questions about your rights as a participant, contact the AAMC Office of Human Subjects Research Protection by email

The pilot schools are studying a number of questions regarding the pathways to and decisions about entrustment. This work seeks to inform meaningful culture change in undergraduate medical education through a shared understanding of the assessment of trust and a shared trust in that assessment.