MED 8710: Core Experiences
Discipline: Surgery
Academic Year 2025-2026
Class of 2027

Assessment Plan

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) assessed in Surgery:

EPA 1: Obtain a history and perform a physical examination adapted to the patient’s clinical situation.

EPA 2: Formulate and justify a prioritized differential diagnosis.

EPA 4: Interpret and communicate results of common diagnostic and screening tests.

EPA 5: Formulate, communicate and implement management plans.

EPA 6: Present oral and written reports that document a clinical encounter.

EPA 8: Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care, provide initial management and seek help.

EPA 10: Contribute to a culture of safety and improvement.

EPA 11: Perform general procedures of a physician.

EPA 13: Collaborate as a member of an interprofessional team.

EPA 14: Incorporate the relevant social determinants of health (SDoH) and cultural safety in relation to patient’s illness and management planning.

Learning Objectives

Prescribed clinical experiences for Surgery

Learners complete a rotation in General Surgery and a rotation in a Surgery Subspecialty. While there is a separate summative assessment for each rotation, both are considered for the purpose of the comprehensive reviews.

Formative Assessment

General Surgery

Clinic cards (T-res): one clinic card per week
Prescribed clinical experience records (T-Res)
Mid-point feedback

Surgery Subspecialty

Clinic cards (T-res): one clinic card per week
Prescribed clinical experience records (T-res)

Learners are encouraged to submit more than the minimum required clinic cards to best reflect their performance.

Summative Assessment

General Surgery

Summative ITAR                             
Witnessed History and Physical  Exam   

Surgery Subspecialty

Summative ITAR                                                                           

All aspects of this assessment plan will be collated and presented at the Phase 4 Comprehensive Reviews at 6, 9, and 12 months. Learners need to complete all items listed in the above assessment plan at a satisfactory level as determined by the discipline to meet the criteria for continued progress throughout the Core Experiences course.

Original work, completed wholly by the learner, is expected to be submitted in this course. The use of an artificial intelligence tool like chatGPT is not permitted.

Version date: April 14, 2025
Reviewed by SAS: April 30, 2025
Approved by UGMS: May 21, 2025