EPR study plan
EPR · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Core domain principles and terminology
Define the 40-50 core terms of the exam domain in your own words and flag any you cannot explain without notes
Map each core principle to a one-sentence practical example drawn from a real or realistic work scenario
Build a terminology glossary file with a confidence rating of 1-3 for every term
Your checkpoint
A 40+ term glossary with self-rated confidence scores and a list of the 10 weakest terms to revisit in week 2
Core domain principles and terminology & Assessment, planning and documentation
Close out the 10 weakest terms from week 1 by writing a definition plus a counter-example for each
Outline the standard assessment-to-plan sequence and label each step with its required output document
Identify which planning elements are mandatory versus discretionary in typical practice settings
Your checkpoint
A one-page process map linking assessment steps to the documents they produce, with mandatory items marked
Assessment, planning and documentation
Draft a full sample assessment summary and individualized plan for a fictional case
Apply documentation standards such as objectivity, specificity, and measurable goal wording to your draft
Revise the draft against a self-built checklist of 15 documentation quality criteria
Your checkpoint
A complete sample assessment and plan package that passes your own 15-point documentation checklist
Implementation and intervention practices
Match at least 12 intervention practices to the principles and terminology they operationalize
Explain the rationale, target population, and contraindications for each practice you listed
Write intervention goals that are observable and measurable for three different scenarios
Your checkpoint
An intervention-practice matrix of 12+ entries with rationale and measurable goal examples for each
Implementation and intervention practices & Monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement
Design a monitoring schedule that specifies what data is collected, by whom, and how often
Select or construct two measurement tools and justify their reliability and validity for the intended use
Draft a data-review cycle that converts monitoring output into plan revisions
Your checkpoint
A monitoring plan template with data sources, frequency, responsible role, and a revision trigger rule
Monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement & Professional ethics and regulatory framework
Run a mock quality improvement cycle on your week 3 sample case using the week 5 monitoring data
Identify the ethical and regulatory obligations triggered at each stage of monitoring and reporting
Distinguish between quality assurance, quality improvement, and compliance activities with concrete examples
Your checkpoint
A completed mock QI report showing baseline data, an identified gap, a corrective action, and a re-measurement point
Professional ethics and regulatory framework & Communication, collaboration and stakeholder management
Summarize the key regulatory and ethical requirements in a one-page reference sheet with citation placeholders
Analyze three ethical dilemma scenarios and defend a course of action using the framework
Draft stakeholder communication scripts for a consent discussion, a progress update, and a disagreement
Your checkpoint
An ethics and regulatory quick-reference sheet plus three written stakeholder communication scripts
Professional ethics and regulatory framework & Core domain principles and terminology & Assessment, planning and documentation & Implementation and intervention practices & Monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement & Communication, collaboration and stakeholder management
Complete two timed full-length practice sets and score them by domain
Re-teach your three lowest-scoring domain areas using your own glossary and process map
Consolidate all weekly deliverables into a single indexed review binder and rehearse rapid recall of the glossary
Your checkpoint
A scored practice-set log by domain plus a consolidated indexed review binder with a ranked list of final weak spots
Milestones
Week 2: Can define every core term without notes and explain how at least 30 of them appear in real practice
Week 4: Can produce a compliant assessment and plan for an unseen scenario within 45 minutes without references
Week 6: Can describe a full monitoring-to-improvement loop and name the ethical or regulatory trigger at each step
Week 8: Practice scores show no domain below 70% and at least four domains above 80%