What Should the Next Generation of Medical Schools Look Like

Community Driven Approach

Improving Access to Needed Medical Services

Why a Different Kind of Medical School?

Underserved - a top priority

New Medical Schools

Some Concepts to Consider

Longitudinal   professors teaching Multiple Classes per year

  1. Allows focus on small groups
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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

Join 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

www.ruralmedicaleducation.org