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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 2/2015

01-02-2015 | Editorial Comment

Value-Added Medical Education: Engaging Future Doctors to Transform Health Care Delivery Today

Authors: Steven Y. Lin, MD, Erika Schillinger, MD, David M. Irby, PhD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 2/2015

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Excerpt

Medical student education typically aims to increase the supply of future physicians while ignoring current problems in health care delivery. This focus on the future fails to address the pressing challenges of today. These challenges include a shrinking ratio of adult primary care clinicians to population, a failure to address population health and the need for cost reductions, and medical training that prepares students to deal with patients, but not with teams and systems.1 Change is desperately needed to translate education into better health outcomes for all Americans today. …
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Metadata
Title
Value-Added Medical Education: Engaging Future Doctors to Transform Health Care Delivery Today
Authors
Steven Y. Lin, MD
Erika Schillinger, MD
David M. Irby, PhD
Publication date
01-02-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-3018-3

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