Oral examination of fourth-year medical students on surgery rotations allows faculty to assess Core Entrustable Professional Activities for entering Residency (CEPAR): Proof-of-concept and analysis of student submissions.

Background: As a community-based medical school which recruited faculty preceptors new to teaching, we sought to create objective assessments for fourth-year surgery experiences via administration of an oral exam. Students provided three authentic cases, which faculty used as a springboard to ascertain student proficiency in five entrustable professional activities: 1-oral presentation, 2-recognition of urgency/instability, 3-calling consults, 4-transitions of care, 5-informed consent. We present proof-of-concept and analysis of student case submissions.