Lessons Learned as Thomas Jefferson University’s Rural Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) Approaches the Half-Century Mark
To help increase the supply and retention of rural family physicians, Thomas Jefferson University initiated the Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) in 1974. The program selectively admits medical school applicants who both grew up in a rural area and plan to practice in a rural area. During medical school, PSAP students have ongoing mentoring and rural clinical experiences. (Source: Academic Medicine)
Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Invited Commentaries Source Type: research
New Opportunities for Expanding Rural Graduate Medical Education to Improve Rural Health Outcomes: Implications of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
Evidence shows that those living in rural communities experience consistently worse health outcomes than their urban and suburban counterparts. One proven strategy to address this disparity is to increase the physician supply in rural areas through graduate medical education (GME) training. However, rural hospitals have faced challenges developing training programs in these underserved areas, largely due to inadequate federal funding for rural GME. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) contains multiple provisions that seek to address disparities in Medicare funding for rural GME, including funding for an incre...
Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Invited Commentaries Source Type: research
Finessing Flexner
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Policy and Curricular Changes Support Service Learning Across the Medical Education Continuum
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
In Reply to Farber et al
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Medical Student Documentation Practices and Perspectives Following the 2018 CMS Billing Guidelines
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
In Reply to Kaundinya and Adams
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
An Interprofessional Approach to Disability Advocacy
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
MD–PhD Students Are Underrepresented in the Gold Humanism Honor Society
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Smoothing Transition Points for MD–PhD Trainees From Medical School to Graduate School
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Recognizing Rural Health Resource and Education Needs
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Source: Academic Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
Art Museum-Based Teaching: Visual Thinking Strategies
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Source: Academic Medicine - August 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: AM Last Page Source Type: research
A Late Call on a Friday Evening
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Source: Academic Medicine - August 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Teaching and Learning Moments Source Type: research
The Status of SBIRT Training in Health Professions Education: A Cross-Discipline Review and Evaluation of SBIRT Curricula and Educational Research
Purpose
To assess the quality of curricular research on the Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) approach and determine the presence of useful training modalities, particularly motivational interviewing (MI) training, across health care training curricula.
Method
The authors conducted a systematic review of published, peer-reviewed studies in PubMed, ERIC, CINAHL, Ovid HealthSTAR, and PsycINFO databases through March 2021 for English-language studies describing SBIRT, a curriculum for health care trainees, and curricular intervention outcomes. After the records were independently assess...
Source: Academic Medicine - August 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
Preparing Medical Students to Address Health Disparities Through Longitudinally Integrated Social Justice Curricula: A Systematic Review
Conclusions
These findings indicated SJC can prepare students to better address the root causes of health disparities. Future research should consider the long-term influences of these curricula on students, patients, and the community. (Source: Academic Medicine)
Source: Academic Medicine - August 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
