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Med students plunge into ACOs, patient-centered medical homes

Med schools are enhancing students’ experiences by embedding them into patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations (ACO)—two models changing health care delivery.

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Meg Gaines, JD, LLM at AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium
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The physician of the future: More like da Vinci

The changing role of the physician in the delivery of health care challenges med schools to develop new ways of looking at the profession and teaching. The physician of the future’s expertise will span a number of different subject areas.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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