IAMSE Web Seminar: "Value Added Student Roles that Align Education and Health System Needs"

"Value Added Student Roles that Align Education and Health System Needs"

 Presenter: Jed Gonzalo, MD & Britta Thompson, PhD, MS
 September 10, 12:00 PM ET

This session will describe Penn State College of Medicine’s new Systems Navigation Curriculum (SyNC) which involves building relationships and collaborating with leaders of affiliated health systems in central Pennsylvania to design educational experiences that align medical education with health system needs. SyNC, launched in August 2014, combines a course in the Science of Health Systems with an immersive experience as a patient navigator. We will focus our discussion on the patient navigation component which provides opportunity for value added student roles in clinical settings in the Penn State Hershey Health System and other health systems throughout central Pennsylvania. In addition, we will discuss how the longitudinal curriculum integrates core systems sciences such as health policy, high-value care, and population and public health with two threads related to evidence-based medicine, along with teamwork and leadership training throughout seven modules. Both the curriculum and patient navigation component are designed to allow students to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to function effectively amid the complexities of an evolving health system.

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Upcoming sessions:
 “A Developmental Pursuit of Foundational Scientific Knowledge" Kim Lomis

 “Closing the Gap Between Undergraduate Medical Education and Practice Realities of Today and Tomorrow” Lotte Dyrbye

 “An Accelerated Pathway to Produce 21st Century Primary Care Physicians” Tonya Fancher & Mark Henderson

 “Educating Medical Students in a Clinical Environment Throughout the Entire Curriculum” Brenda Rogers