NYU Physicians, Faculty Join Leaders from 10 Other Top Medical Schools at Vanderbilt University to Discuss Next Steps in Preparing Medical Students for Changing Health Care Landscape, as part of AMA's Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative
NEW YORK, NY - It's been a year since the American Medical Association (AMA) awarded $1 million to NYU School of Medicine as part of its ambitious $11 million initiative Accelerating Change in Medical Education. And this week, leaders from NYU School of Medicine and 10 other medical schools selected for the grant convened at Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine to embark on the next phase to help reshape the way medical students are educated in this country.
"There has been a universal call to transform the teaching of medicine to shift the focus of education toward real-world practice and competency assessment, which is why the AMA launched the Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative," said Robert M. Wah, M.D., president, American Medical Association. "The AMA is proud to be leading the charge to answer this call. Over the last year, we have made significant progress in transforming curriculum at these medical schools that can and will help close the gaps that currently exist between how medical students are trained and the way health care is delivered in this country now and in the future."
NYU School of Medicine was among 11 medical schools selected based on their bold and innovative ideas to reshape medical education. In the last year, NYU has made significant progress in its efforts to create the NYU Health Care by the Numbers Curriculum, particularly enabling for students enrolled in the school's new three-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree pathway. The flexible, individualized, technology-enabled curriculum is designed to improve care coordination and quality improvement. The foundation for the curriculum is virtual patient panels derived from de-identified patient data from NYU Langone Medical Center's Clinical Integrated Network (CIN), a network of voluntary and faculty physicians practices in the tri-state area that have business relationships with NYU Langone and share patient data, and open data health resources that immerse students in a simulated clinical setting.
NYU School of Medicine has created a group practice of virtual patient panels available for use for both NYU and other schools within the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. This new curriculum has been rolled out and emphasizes the use of big data and technology for patient and population management, and includes an e-Portfolio to allow students to track their own activities for quality improvement, safety and value-added care. A new online portal for student self-directed learning is being used and updated based on students' experiences.
