TABLE IV.
| Specialty | EPA | First Round | Second Round | ||
| Mean | % | Mean | % | ||
| Sports | Management of the patient with shoulder instability | 4.89 | 86 | 4.67 | 72 |
| Management of the patient with ACL tear | 4.78 | 75 | 4.79 | 84 | |
| Management of the patient with patellar/quadriceps tendon rupture | 4.78 | 75 | 4.95 | 95 | |
| Management of the patient with meniscal tear | 4.78 | 75 | 4.84 | 84 | |
| Management of the patient with Achilles tendon rupture | 4.89 | 87 | 4.95 | 95 | |
| Spine | Management of the patient with spinal cord injury | 4.86 | 86 | 4.69 | 81 |
| Management of the patient with cauda equina injury | 4.79 | 93 | 4.88 | 86 | |
| Management of the patient with lumbar herniated disc | 4.57 | 64 | 4.25 | 51 | |
| Management of the patient with spinal infection | 4.71 | 78 | 4.44 | 56 | |
| Trauma | Management of the patient with compartment syndrome of leg, forearm and foot | 5.00 | 100 | 5.00 | 100 |
| Management of the patient with open fracture | 5.00 | 100 | 5.00 | 100 | |
| Management of the patient with clavicle fracture | 4.54 | 62 | 4.28 | 55 | |
| Management of the patient with proximal humerus fracture | 4.62 | 69 | 4.33 | 50 | |
| Management of the patient with humeral shaft fracture | 4.54 | 69 | 4.53 | 53 | |
| Management of the patient with elbow dislocation | 4.92 | 92 | 4.76 | 78 | |
| Management of the patient with olecranon fractures | 4.69 | 69 | 4.76 | 78 | |
| Management of the patient with forearm fractures, including Galleazi and Monteggia | 4.54 | 80 | 4.61 | 67 | |
| Management of the patient with distal radius fracture | 5.00 | 100 | 4.83 | 89 | |
| Management of the patient with hip dislocation | 4.77 | 76 | 4.56 | 72 | |
| Management of the patient with femoral neck fracture, including subtrochanteric fractures | 5.00 | 100 | 4.94 | 94 | |
| Management of the patient with femoral shaft fracture | 5.00 | 100 | 5.00 | 100 | |
| Management of the patient with knee dislocation | NA | NA | 4.72 | 83 | |
| Management of the patient with tibial plateau fracture | 4.77 | 76 | 4.61 | 67 | |
| Management of the patient with tibial shaft fracture | 4.92 | 92 | 4.83 | 83 | |
| Management of the patient with an ankle fracture | 5.0 | 100 | 4.94 | 94 | |
| Upper limb | Management of the patient with subacromial impingement | 4.8 | 80 | 4.78 | 78 |
| Management of the patient with rotator cuff tear | 5.00 | 100 | 4.89 | 89 | |
| Management of the patient with adhesive capsulitis | 4.94 | 94 | 4.78 | 83 | |
| Management of the patient with distal biceps rupture | 5.00 | 100 | 4.67 | 78 | |
| Management of the patient with carpal tunnel syndrome | 4.60 | 73 | 4.44 | 61 | |
| Tumor | Management of the patient with soft-tissue sarcoma | NA | NA | 4.55 | 61 |
| Management of the patient with bone sarcoma | NA | NA | 4.91 | 91 | |
| Management of the patient with myeloma and bony metastatic disease | NA | NA | 4.55 | 64 | |
| Management of common benign bone tumors | NA | NA | 4.73 | 82 | |
| Pediatrics | Management of the patient with non accidental injury | 4.87 | 93 | 4.95 | 94 |
| Management of the patient with humerus fractures, including supracondylar | 5.00 | 100 | 4.89 | 89 | |
| Management of the patient with lateral condyle fracture | 4.87 | 86 | 4.67 | 67 | |
| Management of the patient with distal radius fractures | 5.00 | 100 | 4.94 | 94 | |
| Management of the patient with the acutely painful hip | 4.93 | 93 | 5.00 | 100 | |
| Management of the patient with slipped capital femoral epiphysis | 5.00 | 100 | 4.94 | 94 | |
| Arthroplasty | Nonoperative management of the patient with hip osteoarthritis | 4.88 | 86 | 4.93 | 93 |
| Nonoperative management of the patient with knee osteoarthritis | 4.75 | 80 | 4.93 | 93 | |
| Managing the patient undergoing a simple TKR | 4.81 | 80 | 4.87 | 87 | |
| Management of the patient with an infected TKR | 4.69 | 66 | 4.4 | 60 | |
| Management of the patient undergoing THR | 4.87 | 86 | 4.87 | 87 | |
| Management of the patient with an infected THR | 4.75 | 73 | 4.47 | 60 | |
| Foot and ankle | Management of the patient with ankle osteoarthritis | 4.40 | 63 | 4.56 | 64 |
| Management of the patient with hallux valgus | 4.73 | 71 | 4.44 | 69 | |
| Management of the patient with hallux rigidus | 4.67 | 64 | 4.38 | 63 | |
ACL = anterior cruciate ligament, EPA = entrustable professional activity, NA = not applicable, THR = total hip replacement, and TKR = total knee replacement.
The final list of EPAs, including the weighted mean and percentage of surgeons that considered it mandatory at each survey stage.