Helen Morant, clinical education specialist, BMJ North America, joins Dennis Jolley from University of Utah Health Sciences to discuss the new AAMC initiative "Maximizing Value." Health systems are looking at...
It's an issue every medical school is grappling with: how to keep tuition costs under control. Gary Leroy, associate dean of student affairs at Wright State University's Boonshoft Medical School...
University of Utah Health Care's Community Clinics are receiving national attention for developing "Care By Design," one of the first models in the country to integrate acute, chronic, and preventive...
Can you teach empathy? How much time should med students spend in the classroom vs. hands-on learning? Why does every med student fear the match? Second year Jefferson Medical College...
For decades we have been facing a health care crisis. Payment imbalances, lagging educational reform, physician shortages, you name it, the health care landscape has been ignoring the inevitable for...
Transforming academic medicine is a complex task, it requires that we rethink the entire structure - governance, money flows, teams vs. individuals, the list is long. Perhaps the biggest challenge...
Just as a ship's captain needs to prepare her ship and crew for any possible weather, leaders in academic medicine needs to prepare our organizations for an uncertain future.
Vivian Lee, MD, PhD, MBA, emphasizes that while much is in flux in academic medicine, the role of scientists and educators remains core to our future success.
What is the best way to deliver a lecture? What experiences do students remember the most? How can students contribute in a meaningful way? Hear perspectives from Jeffrey Zabinski, 3rd...
Patients must be involved in their own care to improve quality and control costs, but we need their voice in how we run our business. Their experience will drive how...
How can leaders in academic medicine engage in advocacy to help shape the policy that affects our institutions? Atul Grover, Chief Public Policy Officer for AAMC, and Liz Winter, Chief...
The idea of viewing population health through the lens of a hospital isn't accurate anymore. There are many resources to bear when you consider keeping populations healthy.
The delivery system is influencing education, and educating is improving the delivery system. Education, scholarship and service all work together in the virtuous cycle.
Michael Good, M.D., Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Florida, teaches students and providers to stay focused on patients. Change will work itself out.
