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Table 1 Summary of article characteristics (n = 36) included in the scoping review on entrustable professional activities in clinical rotations in undergraduate medical education

From: Working with entrustable professional activities in clinical education in undergraduate medical education: a scoping review

Countries of origin

USA (n = 22, 61%), The Netherlands (n = 4, 11%, one multicenter study), Canada (n = 4, 11%), Germany (n = 3, 8%), Hungary (n = 1, 3%, multicenter study), Australia (n = 1, 3%), Mexico (n = 1, 3%), Switzerland (n = 1, 3%)

Type of article

 Expert consensus

n = 12 (33%)

Qualitative study:

n = 4 (11%)

 Educational case report:

n = 6 (17%)

Mixed methods:

n = 4 (11%)

 Cohort study:

n = 6 (17%)

Quasi randomized:

n = 1 (3%)

 Survey study:

n = 2 (6%)

Evaluation study:

n = 1 (3%)

(Sub-)Specialty focusa

 No specialty focus

n = 16 (44%)

 Internal medicine

n = 9 (25%)

 General surgery

n = 7 (19%)

 Emergency medicine

n = 4 (11%)

 Anesthesiology

n = 3 (8%)

 Psychiatry

n = 3 (8%)

 Cardiology

n = 2 (6%)

 Intensive care

n = 2 (6%)

 Respiratory medicine

n = 2 (6%)

 Gynecology and Obstetrics

n = 2 (6%)

 Family medicine

n = 2 (6%)

 Neurology

n = 2 (6%)

 Pediatrics

n = 1 (3%)

 Physical medicine and rehabilitation

n = 1 (3%)

Main focusb

 Development

n = 17 (47%)

 Implementation

n = 18 (50%)

 Assessment

n = 19 (53%)

  1. aSome articles covered more than one specialty. bMain focus refers to whether EPA-development (both individual EPA development and EPA-curriculum framework development), EPA-curriculum implementation or EPA-based assessment was primarily addressed in the article, many articles covered more than one focus