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Health care and population health: A team sport

Population health, a new care model, addresses a broad range of factors shown to impact the health outcomes of a group of individuals. A med school in Texas is pioneering a value-based, interprofessional educational approach in its curriculum. 

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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AMA, Chicago medical schools continue innovative effort

U of C Pritzker School of Medicine is one of 32 innovative med schools working to expand AMA’s initiative to ensure future physicians are prepared to practice

Press Releases
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Rethinking how race contributes to a patient’s health

Race is a demographic factor that may influence a patient’s health, but understanding how race influences health is evolving. One medical school is helping future physicians think about race in the exam room.

Health Equity
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Building emotional intelligence in medical trainees

One medical school is helping students to understand more about their emotions to support well-being. This emotional intelligence allows medical trainees to learn when and how to use inherent skills.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Treating the community as your patient

Community health intervention can teach med student a great deal. One of the first things to learn is to listen to the community as you would a patient when planning an intervention.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Universal Outcomes

See how the AMA has partnered with medical schools to create the innovations and outcomes of the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Using comic books in med school: A creative way to teach

One med school professor uses comic books to teach students to reflect on the experience of becoming a physician. He explains graphic novels help them concentrate and observe how a doctor interacts with patients.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Med students deliver patient care in homes, communities

New models of teaching patient care are changing the way physicians are trained. Programs that embed medical students in urban and rural communities bridge the curriculum gap between med school and practice.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
Physician created artwork to handle burnout.
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Art therapy helps med students see themselves in new ways

Making masks is part of the curriculum for students at one med school. Art therapy promotes self-exploration as a way to improve interaction with patients. It also reduces physician burnout.

ChangeMedEd Initiative