Table 2.
Minimum levels of supervision required by pediatric pulmonary program directors for graduation and practice for the pediatric pulmonology EPAs (n = 46)
| Level of Supervision | EPA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manage Acute Complex Respiratory Disease [n (%)] | Manage Chronic Respiratory Disease [n (%)] | Communicate a New Diagnosis [n (%)] | Manage Respiratory Equipment [n (%)] | Perform Procedures [n (%)] | |
| Graduation* | |||||
| 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 2 | 2 (4) | 4 (9) | 4 (9) | 2 (4) | 5 (11) |
| 3 | 10 (22) | 9 (20) | 15 (33) | 12 (26) | 7 (15) |
| 4 | 29 (63) | 28 (61) | 18 (39) | 26 (57) | 25 (54) |
| 5 | 5 (11) | 5 (11) | 7 (15) | 6 (13) | 9 (20) |
| Practice | |||||
| 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 2 | 1 (2) | 3 (7) | 3 (7) | 3 (7) | 2 (4) |
| 3 | 3 (7) | 2 (4) | 3 (7) | 4 (9) | 4 (9) |
| 4 | 23 (50) | 21 (46) | 20 (43) | 18 (39) | 13 (28) |
| 5 | 19 (41) | 20 (43) | 20 (43) | 21 (46) | 27 (59) |
Definition of abbreviation: EPA = entrustable professional activity.
*
Minimum level of supervision adjusted for program director willingness to graduate fellows even if they did not meet the expected minimum level.