Only as Strong as the Weakest Link: Resident Perspectives on Entrustable Professional Activities and Their Impact on Learning.

Core to competency-based medical education (CBME) is the use of frequent low-stakes workplace-based assessments. In the Canadian context, these observations of performance are framed around entrustable professional activities (EPAs). We aimed to explore residents' real-world perspectives of EPAs and their perceived impact on learning, because assessments perceived to be "inauthentic," or not truly reflective of their lived experiences, may interfere with learning.