New science prepares students for care delivery beyond exam room

A new practice-based science can help prepare medical students to be the best physicians possible, but several barriers stand in the way of successfully incorporating it into students’ educations. Preparing students for today’s health system Medical students recognize that learning about health systems science (HSS)—including population health, health systems improvement and high-value care—will help them be better physicians. But students say that preparing to pass their medical licensing board examinations and place in the best residency programs overshadows HSS, a new study shows. As a founding member of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, Penn State University College of Medicine has been implementing a new curriculum that involves HSS. The goal has been to align medical education with the needs of health systems through a new course that focuses on topics such as insurance, cost, value, care coordination, population health, public health, health care performance, teamwork and leadership. To underscore the relevance of this classroom-based course, the program includes a component in which students are embedded in health systems in south-central Pennsylvania as patient navigators. In that role, students help patients work through complex health care systems to get the care they need and are involved in efforts to reduce health care disparities. This curriculum comes after medical literature and interviews with residents and ...
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