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As competency\u2010based medical education develops, entrustable professional activities (EPAs) offer a structured approach to defining essential tasks, guiding curriculum design, and standardizing assessment. To support high\u2010quality, equitable AEMUS fellowship training, the Education Committee of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships (SCUF) convened a diverse expert panel to develop core EPAs for AEMUS fellows.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We employed a modified virtual nominal group technique (vNGT) to achieve expert consensus. Eleven AEMUS education leaders participated between July 2024 and June 2025. Prior to the initial session, panelists reviewed curated literature and independently generated EPA ideas. During structured virtual meetings, participants engaged in round\u2010robin idea sharing, clarification, and discussion, guided by existing national AEMUS standards of certification and program accreditation. Ideas were subsequently subjected to iterative voting, with \u2265\u200980% agreement required for acceptance. Three vNGT rounds were conducted. Accepted EPAs were further refined by assigned primary editors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The expert panel produced 15 core EPAs spanning four established domains: Administration, education, sonography skills, and scholarship. Professionalism was designated as its own domain. Panel deliberations focused on feasibility within a one\u2010year fellowship, post\u2010graduation scope of practice, and variability in program resources. The group endorsed a modified entrustment scale tailored to AEMUS to guide assessment across EPAs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using a structured consensus process, we developed the first EPA\u2010based framework for AEMUS fellowship training. 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