4 ways schools are paving a new path to residency

Several medical schools are overhauling the way their students make the traditionally stressful leap into graduate medicine education (GME). Schools are implementing these programs as part of their work with the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, which is working to modernize and reshape the way physicians are trained. The programs are designed to improve competency, leadership and patient care through innovations that bridge the curriculum gap between medical school and internship. A transition curriculum “Interns in July are expected to hit the ground running and take care of patients,” said Julie Byerley, MD, vice dean for education at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, a consortium member school. But greater emphasis needs to be placed on preparing students to make that transition. The school has launched its new Translational Education at Carolina curriculum, which weaves professional development throughout the four years of medical school. It also includes a “transition to internship” component designed to enhance leadership qualities, ethics and humanism with an eye specifically toward making a smoother transition from undergraduate medical education (UME) to GME. The school is on track to see their first class of students take part in the transition to internship aspect of the curriculum beginning in March 2018. This will include: Monthlong rotations specifically focused on the transition to internship...
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