AHPE’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are dynamic communities of educators, researchers, and practitioners who come together around shared passions and specialized domains within health professions education. These committees serve as incubators for innovation, scholarship, and strategic action—each contributing uniquely to AHPE’s mission.

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From curriculum reform to technology-enhanced learning, and from ethics to assessment, SIGs provide a platform for deep exploration, cross-institutional collaboration, and capacity building. They organize workshops, publish thought leadership, and foster mentorship across the academic continuum.

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SIG Name​​​

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) Special Interest Group (EPA-SIG)​

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Focus Area

​Building shared understanding and capacity around Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in health professions education in India through collaborative learning, dialogue, contextual adaptation, and development of practical EPA-related educational resources.​

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Conveners & Members​

• SIG Lead: Dr. Reshma G. Kini, Dr. Sucheta Dandekar
• Core Group: Planned core group of 6–7 members
• Membership: Open to interested AHPE members and invited experts​​

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Objectives

• Establish and sustain a community of practice focused on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs).
• Build foundational faculty capacity in EPAs through structured dialogue and guided exchange.
• Develop shared conceptual understanding of EPAs, including purpose, structure, assessment, entrustment, supervision, and contextual implementation.
• In the subsequent cycle, translate shared learning into practical EPA-related resources and guidance materials for educators.

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Key Activities​

Workshops / Seminars

 

• Foundational EPA-SIG sessions focused on discussion, collective sense-making, and community building around EPAs.

Publications / Resources

 

• Planned Year 1 Output

  • ​Guidance notes or scholarly synthesis documenting shared understandings, common misconceptions, contextual insights, and emerging practices related to EPAs.

 

• Planned Year 2 Outputs

  • EPA guidance resources such as toolkits, guidance notes, illustrative examples, checklists, and workshop formats.

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Collaborations
• Collaboration among health professions educators through a community-of-practice model.
• Potential engagement with AHPE Executive Committee mentors and invited experts.

Mentorship Initiatives
• Methodological, evaluation, and dissemination mentorship through the AHPE Executive Committee or nominated experts.
• Opportunities for early-career educators through participation in working groups, reviewer roles, documentation activities, and scholarly contributions.

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At Present
• The SIG has been established with a structured two-year roadmap focused first on faculty capacity building and then on resource development and dissemination.
• A governance structure, community-of-practice model, working groups, reporting framework, and dissemination plan have been defined.

Planned Impact Indicators
• Number of active participants engaging in community-of-practice activities.
• Diversity of disciplines and institutions represented.
• Evidence of conceptual clarification and changes in understanding.
• Engagement with guidance documents and future resources.​​​

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• Launch and establish the EPA community of practice.
• Conduct foundational EPA-SIG learning sessions and discussions.
• Identify key learning themes and areas of need.
• Develop a scholarly synthesis/guidance document from Year 1 discussions.
• Initiate development of EPA guidance resources during the subsequent cycle.
• Present SIG activities and outputs at the AHPE national conference.
• Archive outputs and selected resources through AHPE dissemination channels.

Contact AHPE Secretariat for more information ahpe.secretariat@gmail.com