There is increasing interest in the use of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) to define and assess competencies in health professions education.  Individual schools as well as national organizations in multiple countries have begun defining and adopting EPAs for undergraduate medical education.  Typically these initiatives engage faculty in the clinical curriculum and focus on learning and assessment in the workplace.  Yet an effective competency framework must engage faculty throughout the curriculum and address the preclinical as well as clinical curriculum.  The goal of this focus session is to consider the roles of the preclinical faculty and the preclinical curriculum within an EPA context.  Participants will discuss and proactively develop potential leadership roles for the preclinical faculty to effectively engage in and lead EPA implementation efforts to ensure ongoing relevance of the classroom curriculum.  
 

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