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Table 3 Entrustable Professional Activities in the Doctors’ Behaviors during Death Diagnosis

From: Development of a list of competencies and entrustable professional activities for resident physicians during death pronouncement: a modified Delphi study

Entrustable Professional Activities Item List

Mean

Consensus Rate, n (%)

1.

Collect the background information of patients and their families prior to the encounter

4.5

15 (88)

2.

Share information with all clinical team members and provide bereavement care using a multidisciplinary approach

4.5

16 (94)

3.

Keep yourself neat

4.8

16 (94)

4.

Examine patients to confirm terminated vital signs

4.9

17 (100)

5.

Inform family members about bereavement in a straightforward manner

4.9

17 (100)

6.

Communicate with family members in a compassionate manner

4.7

17 (100)

7.

Discuss autopsy with attendant physician when appropriate

4.2

14 (82)

8.

Issue a death certification, sharing the contents of the document with family members

4.5

16 (94)

9.

Reflect on the entire process of your practice with mentors or colleagues when appropriate

4.4

17 (100)