What Should the Next Generation of Medical Schools Look Like
Some Concepts to Consider
Longitudinal
professors teaching Multiple Classes per year
- Allows focus on small groups
- Accommodates different types of learners that may be more suitable for
mental health, geriatrics, primary care, service to the underserved. These
include more mature learners, those needed a slower pace but with the
right characteristics for underserved placement and service, those who have family needs.
- Debt Free/Obligated a major contributor to many problems, in
return not so much an obligation as the school accommodates their needs so that
they do not have to leave a needed location and have community support to stay,
get education, and continue in the community
- Integrated Clinical - the earlier the more relevant, and the better Continuous exposures and
connections Meeting the Needs of Underserved Rural and Inner City Areas with Accelerated Graduate Training
- Integrated with Communities that the Graduates Will Serve Community Driven Approach
Dispersed education
Specialized Schools To Emphasize Different Areas
Research - MD PhD from the start
Primary Care - focus of this page
Business
aspects of medicine - needs and current deficiencies outlined
Specialty Care - only one that could actually fund the
earlier stages
Underserved schools -
Physician Discipline and Caring
for the Underserved
Tops in information for best practice management, quality assurance, public
health, preventive health maintenance
Listing of the Best Ones - Choose
and Link the Best Models!
Ideal Approach for a Rural Medical School
How to Graduate More Rural Doctors
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the Rural list serve
Failure To Launch - why new schools may
not work if birth to admissions issues are not addressed, also
Probability of admission tables
Physician Workforce Studies
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