This workshop will use a flipped classroom (FC) protocol to train participants how to use the FC method to teach the thinking required for performing the AAMC Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency (EPAs).  EPA thinking is the decision-making process that underlies the clinical activities that all entering residents should be expected to perform on day 1 of residency without direct supervision.  Our application is unique in that EPA thinking can be taught separately from EPA application.  This can begin preferably in year 1 and extend into clerkship didactic time where it coincides with application.  

Teaching EPA thinking in advance of clinical training is feasible because it can be generalized during basic science courses to the self-directed, integrative thinking needed for Objectives:

• Learning EPA thinking relies heavily on a group learning environment to bring awareness of the difference between novice level pre-entrustable thinking and the more skilled entrustable thinking.  Participants will learn a simple rubric for assessing the effectiveness of the group on 1) degree of engagement and 2) depth of integration.