AMA announces new resources to train future physicians

CHICAGO — Building on its efforts to ensure future physicians are well-prepared to effectively deliver care to patients within modern health systems, the American Medical Association (AMA) today announced two new resources aimed at integrating Health Systems Science into physician training. Both new resources—the Health Systems Science Review book and AMA Health Systems Science Learning Series education modules—will help physicians-in-training enter practice with a better understanding of how health care is delivered, how health care professionals work together to deliver care, and how they can improve patient care and health care.

“Through our work over the past six years to reimagine medical education, we’ve seen first-hand that physician training has not always kept pace with the changing way that health care is being delivered within health systems. Now, as more medical schools are incorporating Health Systems Science into their curricula, the AMA is offering tools to students and instructors to assess their competencies in this new subject,” said AMA President Barbara L. McAneny, M.D. “With these new resources, the AMA is driving the future of medicine; we are committed to developing and disseminating additional resources to ensure tomorrow’s physicians are prepared to quickly adapt to the changing health care landscape and provide value-based care as soon as they enter practice.”