GME Concentrations: A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Approach to Learner-Driven Education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Graduate medical education (GME) programs may struggle to provide the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to meet trainee career interests and goals beyond a clinical focus. Sponsoring institutions can partner with programs to deliver content not included in typical clinical experiences of GME programs.

Objective

To perform a needs assessment and to develop, implement, and measure acceptability and feasibility of an institution-wide GME Concentrations curriculum.

Methods

In response to the needs assessment, GME leadership developed 4 concentrations: (1) Resident-as-Teacher; (2) Patient Safety and Quality Improvement; (3) Law, Ethics, and Health Policy; and (4) Leaders in Medicine. We formed advisory committees that developed curricula for each conc

SUBMITTER: Nagler A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4597955 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature