Transforming a Family Medicine Residency Into a Community-Oriented Learning Environment
Autor: | Brian Arndt, Jennifer Lochner, Jennifer Edgoose, Kirsten Rindfleish, Robin L Lankton |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Guiding Principles Population Population health Environment Education 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient-Centered Care Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health education Intersectoral Collaboration Curriculum education.field_of_study business.industry Internship and Residency 030205 complementary & alternative medicine Family medicine Community health Clinical Competence Public Health Diffusion of Innovation Faculty development Family Practice Psychology business Delivery of Health Care Program Evaluation |
Zdroj: | Family Medicine. 50:518-525 |
ISSN: | 0742-3225 |
DOI: | 10.22454/fammed.2018.118276 |
Popis: | Background and Objectives: Improvement in population health has become a key goal of health systems and payers in the United States. Because 80% of health outcomes are driven by social determinants of health beyond medical care and health care access, such improvements require attention to factors outside of the conventional areas of expertise for clinicians. Yet primary care physicians often graduate from training programs with few skills in population and community health. Methods: In 2011, the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine began transformative work to become a Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH). As part of this effort, educators in the department addressed deficiencies in its residency’s community and population health curriculum by implementing curricular change and faculty development. A set of guiding principles, “Three Community Health Responsibilities for Family Doctors,” was developed to provide background and structure to current and future work. Results: An annual program evaluation survey was administered to faculty and residents between 2012 and 2016. Respondents reported a significant increase in their understanding of population and community health over the prior year in each year this was assessed (P |
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