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Accelerated Pathway to Medical Education: Revolutionizing Healthcare's Future
By Dr. Eleanor Vance, MD, PhD
Dr. Vance is a Professor of Medical Education at the University of California, San Francisco, with over 20 years of experience in curriculum development and innovative teaching methodologies. Her research focuses on optimizing medical training and addressing the healthcare workforce shortage.
Published by: The Journal of Medical Education and Innovation, a leading peer-reviewed publication dedicated to advancing medical education and research. Known for its rigorous editorial process and commitment to disseminating impactful findings to the global medical community.
Edited by: Dr. David Chen, MD, a seasoned medical educator and editor with extensive experience in publishing and peer review within the field of medical education reform.
Abstract: The healthcare landscape is constantly evolving, demanding a more efficient and responsive approach to medical training. This article explores the rise of accelerated pathways to medical education, examining their potential benefits and challenges. We delve into the implications for the industry, addressing concerns around student well-being, curriculum optimization, and the overall impact on the future healthcare workforce.
Introduction: The traditional medical education pathway, characterized by a lengthy and rigorous process, is facing increasing scrutiny. The growing demand for physicians, coupled with the complexities of modern medicine, necessitates innovative solutions. Enter the accelerated pathway to medical education—a range of programs designed to shorten the time required to become a fully qualified physician. These programs, while not uniformly structured, share a common goal: to expedite the training process without compromising the quality of education. This article will provide a comprehensive overview of these pathways, their impact, and the future of medical training.
H1: The Mechanics of Accelerated Pathways to Medical Education
Several models exist within the umbrella term "accelerated pathway to medical education." Some programs condense the four-year medical degree into three years, while others integrate pre-medical coursework with medical school, resulting in a shorter overall timeline. Some programs selectively admit students with advanced science backgrounds, utilizing prior knowledge to accelerate the curriculum. These programs often involve a more intense and demanding academic schedule, requiring significant dedication and resilience from students. The core curriculum remains rigorous, ensuring graduates meet the same high standards of competency as their counterparts from traditional programs.
H2: Benefits and Advantages of Accelerated Pathways
The advantages of an accelerated pathway to medical education are multifaceted. First and foremost, they address the critical shortage of physicians in many regions. By producing qualified doctors faster, these programs can help fill critical gaps in healthcare access. Secondly, accelerated pathways offer cost savings for both students and the healthcare system. Reduced tuition costs (due to shorter program duration) and quicker entry into the workforce translate to significant long-term economic benefits. Finally, an accelerated pathway to medical education can offer enhanced flexibility for students, allowing them to enter the workforce earlier and potentially begin specializing sooner.
H3: Challenges and Concerns
Despite the numerous benefits, accelerated pathways to medical education are not without challenges. The intense academic demands can lead to increased student burnout and stress. Concerns regarding sufficient clinical exposure and the potential for compromised learning outcomes require careful consideration. Furthermore, ensuring equitable access to these programs and addressing potential bias in admissions processes is crucial. Thorough evaluation and ongoing monitoring are essential to ensure the quality and sustainability of these accelerated programs.
H4: Curriculum Optimization in Accelerated Pathways
To successfully implement an accelerated pathway to medical education, a meticulous and strategic approach to curriculum design is vital. Redundancies must be eliminated, while core competencies remain intact. Effective use of technology, such as online learning platforms and simulation training, can enhance learning efficiency. A focus on active learning strategies and problem-based learning can maximize knowledge retention and clinical application within the condensed timeframe.
H5: Impact on the Future Healthcare Workforce
The widespread adoption of accelerated pathways to medical education will undoubtedly reshape the healthcare workforce. Increased physician availability may lead to improved access to care, particularly in underserved areas. The faster entry into practice could potentially accelerate innovation and the adoption of new technologies in healthcare. However, careful consideration of the impact on physician well-being and the potential for increased competition within the medical profession is necessary.
H6: Ensuring Quality and Accreditation
Rigorous accreditation processes are crucial to maintaining the quality and credibility of accelerated pathways to medical education. Accreditation bodies must develop specific standards and guidelines that address the unique aspects of these programs. Regular review and evaluation of program outcomes are essential to ensure graduates meet the necessary competencies and maintain the highest standards of professional practice.
Conclusion:
Accelerated pathways to medical education represent a significant shift in how physicians are trained. While challenges remain, the potential benefits—increased physician supply, cost savings, and enhanced flexibility—are undeniable. Through careful curriculum design, rigorous accreditation, and a focus on student well-being, these pathways can play a crucial role in addressing the global healthcare workforce shortage and shaping the future of medicine. Continued research and evaluation are essential to optimize these programs and ensure they achieve their intended goals.
FAQs:
1. Are accelerated medical programs as rigorous as traditional programs? Yes, while the timeline is shorter, the academic rigor and clinical requirements are comparable to traditional programs. Accreditation ensures equivalent competency.
2. What are the admission requirements for accelerated medical programs? Requirements vary, but generally include a strong academic record, high MCAT scores, and significant prior coursework in science. Some programs may prioritize students with research experience.
3. Are there increased risks of burnout in accelerated programs? The intense pace can increase stress and risk of burnout. Programs often incorporate wellness initiatives and support systems to mitigate this risk.
4. How does clinical exposure compare in accelerated programs? While the timeline is shorter, programs meticulously design the clinical experience to ensure equivalent exposure and competency.
5. Are accelerated medical programs recognized by hospitals and employers? Graduates from accredited accelerated programs are fully licensed physicians and recognized by hospitals and employers.
6. What is the cost difference between accelerated and traditional programs? While tuition costs may be slightly lower due to shorter duration, this needs to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis as costs vary greatly between institutions.
7. Is an accelerated program right for every student? No, an accelerated program requires exceptional self-discipline, time management skills, and resilience. It's suitable for highly motivated individuals.
8. What are the long-term career prospects for graduates of accelerated programs? Career prospects are identical to graduates from traditional programs. They can pursue any specialty or career path.
9. Where can I find a list of accredited accelerated medical programs? The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) website and other relevant accreditation bodies are reliable sources for this information.
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2. "Burnout and Well-being in Accelerated Medical Education: A Qualitative Study": Explores the mental health challenges faced by students in accelerated programs.
3. "Curriculum Innovation in Accelerated Medical Education: A Comparative Analysis": Compares different curriculum models used in accelerated medical programs.
4. "The Economic Implications of Accelerated Medical Education: A Cost-Benefit Analysis": Assesses the financial benefits and costs associated with accelerated programs.
5. "Assessing Clinical Competency in Accelerated Medical Education: A Review of Assessment Methods": Discusses the different ways clinical skills are assessed in condensed programs.
6. "The Role of Technology in Optimizing Learning in Accelerated Medical Programs": Explores how technology improves teaching and learning efficiency.
7. "Equity and Access in Accelerated Medical Education: Addressing Potential Bias in Admissions": Focuses on fairness and inclusivity in program admissions.
8. "The Future of Medical Education: The Rise of Accelerated Pathways and Hybrid Models": Predicts the future trends and evolution of accelerated programs.
9. "Comparing and Contrasting Traditional and Accelerated Medical Education Pathways: A Student Perspective": Offers insights into the student experience in both traditional and accelerated medical education.
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| accelerated pathway to medical education: Medical Education for the Future Alan Bleakley, John Bligh, Julie Browne, 2011-02-21 The purpose of medical education is to benefit patients by improving the work of doctors. Patient centeredness is a centuries old concept in medicine, but there is still a long way to go before medical education can truly be said to be patient centered. Ensuring the centrality of the patient is a particular challenge during medical education, when students are still forming an identity as trainee doctors, and conservative attitudes towards medicine and education are common amongst medical teachers, making it hard to bring about improvements. How can teachers, policy makers, researchers and doctors bring about lasting change that will restore the patient to the heart of medical education? The authors, experienced medical educators, explore the role of the patient in medical education in terms of identity, power and location. Using innovative political, philosophical, cultural and literary critical frameworks that have previously never been applied so consistently to the field, the authors provide a fundamental reconceptualisation of medical teaching and learning, with an emphasis upon learning at the bedside and in the clinic. They offer a wealth of practical and conceptual insights into the three-way relationship between patients, students and teachers, setting out a radical and exciting approach to a medical education for the future. “The authors provide us with a masterful reconceptualization of medical education that challenges traditional notions about teaching and learning. The book critiques current practices and offers new approaches to medical education based upon sociocultural research and theory. This thought provoking narrative advances the case for reform and is a must read for anyone involved in medical education.” - David M. Irby, PhD, Vice Dean for Education, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine; and co-author of Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency This book is a truly visionary contribution to the Flexner centenary. It is compulsory reading for the medical educationalist with a serious concern for the future - and for the welfare of patients and learners in the here and now. Professor Tim Dornan, University of Manchester Medical School and Maastricht University Graduate School of Health Professions Education. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Pharm.D. to M.D. Nathan M Gartland Pharmd, 2021-07-29 Do you want to be a pharmacist? Do you want to be a Physician? Why not both? This book will take you step-by-step through applying, selecting, and interviewing for medical school all while showing you how to use your pharmacy background as leverage. Pharm.D. to M.D. invites its readers to take an inside look into the medical school application process and addresses how a pharmacy student or graduated pharmacist can make the transition into medicine. Applying to medical school can be a difficult and an isolating process for students who fall in-between these two challenging professions. My goal is to highlight the uniqueness of your professional pharmacy background and teach you how to use your advanced degree as an asset during the application cycle. Pharm.D. to M.D. uncovers the intricacies of generating a successful application while training applicants to avoid countless pitfalls along the way. This guide will serve as a compilation of resources that can be reviewed and utilized by pharmacy students at every professional grade level. If you have ever wondered if you have what it takes to get into medical school and wanted to look beyond your pharmacy degree, then this is the book for you! Written by a recently graduated pharmacist, and current allopathic medical student, Pharm.D. to M.D. offers perspective from experience and provides results that won't disappoint. Join me, along with many others, who have undertaken this difficult journey! |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Educating Physicians Molly Cooke, David M. Irby, Bridget C. O'Brien, 2010-05-05 PRAISE FOR EDUCATING PHYSICIANS Educating Physicians provides a masterful analysis of undergraduate and graduate medical education in the United States today. It represents a major educational document, based firmly on educational psychology, learning theory, empirical studies, and careful personal observations of many individual programs. It also recognizes the importance of financing, regulation, and institutional culture on the learning environment, which suffuses its recommendations for reform with cogency and power. Most important, like Abraham Flexner's classic study a century ago, the report recognizes that medical education and practice, at their core, are profoundly moral enterprises. This is a landmark volume that merits attention from anyone even peripherally involved with medical education. —Kenneth M. Ludmerer, author, Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care This is a very important book that comes at a critical time in our nation's history. We will not have enduring health care reform in this country unless we rethink our medical education paradigms. This book is a call to arms for doing just that. —George E. Thibault, president, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation The authors provide us with the evidence-based model for physician education with associated changes in infrastructure, policy, and our roles as educators. Whether you agree or not with their conclusions, if you are a teacher this book is a must-read as it will frame both what and how we discuss medical education throughout the current century. —Deborah Simpson, associate dean for educational support and evaluation, Medical College of Wisconsin A provocative book that provides us with a creative vision for medical education. Using in-depth case studies of innovative educational practices illustrating what is actually possible, the authors provide sage advice for transforming medical education on the basis of learning theories and educational research. —Judith L. Bowen, professor of medicine, Oregon Health & Science University |
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| accelerated pathway to medical education: Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency Association of American Medical Colleges, 2014-05-28 This landmark publication published by the AAMC identifies a list of integrated activities to be expected of all M.D. graduates making the transition from medical school to residency. This guide delineates 13 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) that all entering residents should be expected to perform on day 1 of residency without direct supervision regardless of specialty choice.The Core EPAs for Entering Residency are designed to be a subset of all of the graduation requirements of a medical school. Individual schools may have additional mission-specific graduation requirements, and specialties may have specific EPAs that would be required after the student has made the specialty decision but before residency matriculation. The Core EPAs may also be foundational to an EPA for any practicing physician or for specialty-specific EPAs.Update: In August 2014, the AAMC selected ten institutions to join a five-year pilot to test the implementation of the Core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Entering Residency. More than 70 institutions, representing over half of the medical schools accredited by the U.S. Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), applied to join the pilot, demonstrating the significant energy and enthusiasm towards closing the gap between expectations and performance for residents on day one. The cohort reflects the breadth and diversity of the applicant pool, and the institutions selected are intended to complement each other through the unique qualities and skills that each team and institution brings to the pilot.Faculty and Learners' Guide (69 pages) - Developing faculty: The EPA descriptions, the expected behaviors, and the vignettes are expected to serve as the foundation for faculty development. Faculty can use this guide as a reference for both feedback and assessment in pre-clinical and clinical settings.- Developing learners: Learners can also use this document to understand the core of what is expected of them by the time they graduate. The EPA descriptions themselves delineate the expectations, while the developmental progression laid out from pre-entrustable to entrustable behaviors can serve as the roadmap for achieving them. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: The Future of Nursing Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine, 2011-02-08 The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: The Healthcare Professional Workforce Timothy Hoff, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, Gary J. Young, 2016 THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE is the first book to codify the transformations underway across health professions in the U.S. and to situate these changes within a larger context for both healthcare and non-healthcare audiences. This volume provides an important guide to understanding how health professionals fit within the emerging model of healthcare, and serves as a vital resource for readers in health policy management, medicine, public health, and organizational studies. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Accelerated Opportunity Education Models and Practices Cintron, Rene, Samuel, Jeanne C., Hinson, Janice M., 2016-07-29 Higher education is a driving force behind enhancing competitiveness for economies in the global market; however, a myriad of obstacles can pose significant challenges to students seeking such opportunities. Accelerated Opportunity Education Models and Practices is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on emerging initiatives in academic institutions that implement expedited educational programs across the globe. Examining the benefits that stem from enabling students to complete their university degrees in a shorter timeframe, this book is ideally designed for administrators, researchers, academicians, and educators interested in guidelines and frameworks necessary to provide accelerated education options at the collegiate level. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Building a Better Delivery System Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, 2005-09-20 In a joint effort between the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, this books attempts to bridge the knowledge/awareness divide separating health care professionals from their potential partners in systems engineering and related disciplines. The goal of this partnership is to transform the U.S. health care sector from an underperforming conglomerate of independent entities (individual practitioners, small group practices, clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, community health centers et. al.) into a high performance system in which every participating unit recognizes its dependence and influence on every other unit. By providing both a framework and action plan for a systems approach to health care delivery based on a partnership between engineers and health care professionals, Building a Better Delivery System describes opportunities and challenges to harness the power of systems-engineering tools, information technologies and complementary knowledge in social sciences, cognitive sciences and business/management to advance the U.S. health care system. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: An Emergency Physician's Path Robert P. Olympia, Elizabeth Barrall Werley, Jeffrey S. Lubin, Kahyun Yoon-Flannery, 2023 Zusammenfassung: A career in emergency medicine can be truly rewarding, despite the long hours and adverse conditions. The decision to embark on this journey typically starts during medical school, usually with the allure of resuscitations and life-saving procedures performed in the fast-paced environment of the emergency department. During an emergency medicine residency, the young physician is faced with career decisions that may involve working in a community or academic emergency department setting, or pursuing specialization through fellowship. Following residency and fellowship training, the emergency physician may decide to purely work clinically in an emergency department, or combine clinical responsibilities with administrative, education or research pursuits. This unique text provides medical students, residents, fellows and attending physicians with a comprehensive guide to be successful in a career in emergency medicine. Sections include the history of emergency medicine, choosing a career in emergency medicine from a medical student's point of view, pursuing fellowship and additional training, community and academic careers in emergency medicine, career options in emergency medicine, critical skills in emergency medicine, research/scholarship, being a teacher, and carving a path in emergency medicine. All chapters are written by experts in the field, representing emergency departments throughout North America. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Medical Humanities and Medical Education Alan Bleakley, 2015-03-02 The field of the medical humanities is developing rapidly, however, there has also been parallel concern from sceptics that the value of medical humanities educational interventions should be open to scrutiny and evidence. Just what is the impact of medical humanities provision upon the education of medical students? In an era of limited resources, is such provision worth the investment? This innovative text addresses these pressing questions, describes the contemporary territory comprising the medical humanities in medical education, and explains how this field may be developed as a key medical education component for the future. Bleakley, a driving force of the international movement to establish the medical humanities as a core and integrated provision in the medical curriculum, proposes a model that requires collaboration between patients, artists, humanities scholars, doctors and other health professionals, in developing medical students’ sensibility (clinical acumen based on close noticing) and sensitivity (ethical, professional and humane practice). In particular, this text focuses upon how medical humanities input into the curriculum can help to shape the identities of medical students as future doctors who are humane, caring, expressive and creative – whose work will be technically sound but considerably enhanced by their abilities to communicate well with patients and colleagues, to empathise, to be adaptive and innovative, and to act as ‘medical citizens’ in shaping a future medical culture as a model democracy where social justice is a key aspect of medicine. Making sense of the new wave of medical humanities in medical education scholarship that calls for a ‘critical medical humanities’, Medical Humanities and Medical Education incorporates a range of case studies and illustrative and practical examples to aid integrating medical humanities into the medical curriculum. It will be important reading for medical educators and others working with the medical education community, and all those interested in the medical humanities. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: The History of Medical Education C. D. O'Malley, 2023-04-28 This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Essential Guide to Educational Supervision in Postgraduate Medical Education Nicola Cooper, Kirsty Forrest, 2009-04-01 The world of postgraduate medical education is changing, and educational supervisors need the knowledge and skills to be able to do their job effectively. Many of those who want to do this job well feel unprepared for the task. Essential Guide to Educational Supervision is a handbook for educational supervisors everywhere. The topics covered are generic to medical education, whatever the specialty. Although the focus is on postgraduate medical education, many of the topics in this book are also applicable to undergraduates. Essential Guide to Educational Supervision is written for: Consultants and General Practitioners who work with trainees Educational supervisors People who organise postgraduate training programmes Written by experts in their field, each chapter gives an overview of key topics in educational supervision with references and further resources. The book provides evidence and theory when applicable, but is deliberately practical, with case studies and tips for good practice as well. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Letter to a Young Female Physician Suzanne Koven, 2021-05-04 A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2021 A poignant and funny exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with imposter syndrome—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a “real” doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven’s “Letter to a Young Female Physician” has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her career in medicine. Koven tells candid and illuminating stories about her pregnancy during a grueling residency in the AIDS era; the illnesses of her child and aging parents during which her roles as a doctor, mother, and daughter converged, and sometimes collided; the sexism, pay inequity, and harassment that women in medicine encounter; and the twilight of her career during the COVID-19 pandemic. As she traces the arc of her life, Koven finds inspiration in literature and faces the near-universal challenges of burnout, body image, and balancing work with marriage and parenthood. Shining with warmth, clarity, and wisdom, Letter to a Young Female Physician reveals a woman forging her authentic identity in a modern landscape that is as overwhelming and confusing as it is exhilarating in its possibilities. Koven offers an indelible account, by turns humorous and profound, from a doctor, mother, wife, daughter, teacher, and writer who sheds light on our desire to find meaning, and on a way to be our own imperfect selves in the world. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Augmented Cognition: Users and Contexts Dylan D. Schmorrow, Cali M. Fidopiastis, 2018-07-10 This two-volume set LNCS 10915 and 10916 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12h International Conference on Augmented Cognition, AC 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The 1171 papers presented at HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions. The papers cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of applications areas. The papers in this volume are organized in the following topical sections:Cognitive modeling, perception, emotion and interaction, augmented learning and training, shared cognition, team performance and decision-making. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Deep Learning for Coders with fastai and PyTorch Jeremy Howard, Sylvain Gugger, 2020-06-29 Deep learning is often viewed as the exclusive domain of math PhDs and big tech companies. But as this hands-on guide demonstrates, programmers comfortable with Python can achieve impressive results in deep learning with little math background, small amounts of data, and minimal code. How? With fastai, the first library to provide a consistent interface to the most frequently used deep learning applications. Authors Jeremy Howard and Sylvain Gugger, the creators of fastai, show you how to train a model on a wide range of tasks using fastai and PyTorch. You’ll also dive progressively further into deep learning theory to gain a complete understanding of the algorithms behind the scenes. Train models in computer vision, natural language processing, tabular data, and collaborative filtering Learn the latest deep learning techniques that matter most in practice Improve accuracy, speed, and reliability by understanding how deep learning models work Discover how to turn your models into web applications Implement deep learning algorithms from scratch Consider the ethical implications of your work Gain insight from the foreword by PyTorch cofounder, Soumith Chintala |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States Peter Buerhaus, Douglas Staiger, David Auerbach, 2009-10-06 The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States: Data, Trends and Implications provides a timely, comprehensive, and integrated body of data supported by rich discussion of the forces shaping the nursing workforce in the US. Using plain, jargon free language, the book identifies and describes the key changes in the current nursing workforce and provide insights about what is likely to develop in the future. The Future of the Nursing Workforce offers an in-depth discussion of specific policy options to help employers, educators, and policymakers design and implement actions aimed at strengthening the current and future RN workforce. The only book of its kind, this renowned author team presents extensive data, exhibits and tables on the nurse labor market, how the composition of the workforce is evolving, changes occurring in the work environment where nurses practice their profession, and on the publics opinion of the nursing profession. |
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| accelerated pathway to medical education: The Ultimate Guide To Choosing a Medical Specialty Brian Freeman, 2004-01-09 The first medical specialty selection guide written by residents for students! Provides an inside look at the issues surrounding medical specialty selection, blending first-hand knowledge with useful facts and statistics, such as salary information, employment data, and match statistics. Focuses on all the major specialties and features firsthand portrayals of each by current residents. Also includes a guide to personality characteristics that are predominate with practitioners of each specialty. “A terrific mixture of objective information as well as factual data make this book an easy, informative, and interesting read.” --Review from a 4th year Medical Student |
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| accelerated pathway to medical education: Assessing Progress on the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Committee for Assessing Progress on Implementing the Recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, 2016-03-22 Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, public health centers, schools, and homes, and provide a continuum of services, including direct patient care, health promotion, patient education, and coordination of care. They serve in leadership roles, are researchers, and work to improve health care policy. As the health care system undergoes transformation due in part to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nursing profession is making a wide-reaching impact by providing and affecting quality, patient-centered, accessible, and affordable care. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which made a series of recommendations pertaining to roles for nurses in the new health care landscape. This current report assesses progress made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/AARP Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and others in implementing the recommendations from the 2010 report and identifies areas that should be emphasized over the next 5 years to make further progress toward these goals. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Graduate Medical Education that Meets the Nation's Health Needs Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education, Board on Health Care Services, 2014 Intro -- FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background on the Pipeline to the Physician Workforce -- 3 GME Financing -- 4 Governance -- 5 Recommendations for the Reform of GME Financing and Governance -- Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Appendix B: U.S. Senate Letters -- Appendix C: Public Workshop Agendas -- Appendix D: Committee Member Biographies -- Appendix E: Data and Methods to Analyze Medicare GME Payments -- Appendix F: Illustrations of the Phase-In of the Committee's Recommendations. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Adam Bohr, Kaveh Memarzadeh, 2020-06-21 Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare is more than a comprehensive introduction to artificial intelligence as a tool in the generation and analysis of healthcare data. The book is split into two sections where the first section describes the current healthcare challenges and the rise of AI in this arena. The ten following chapters are written by specialists in each area, covering the whole healthcare ecosystem. First, the AI applications in drug design and drug development are presented followed by its applications in the field of cancer diagnostics, treatment and medical imaging. Subsequently, the application of AI in medical devices and surgery are covered as well as remote patient monitoring. Finally, the book dives into the topics of security, privacy, information sharing, health insurances and legal aspects of AI in healthcare. - Highlights different data techniques in healthcare data analysis, including machine learning and data mining - Illustrates different applications and challenges across the design, implementation and management of intelligent systems and healthcare data networks - Includes applications and case studies across all areas of AI in healthcare data |
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| accelerated pathway to medical education: The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett, 2019-03-28 This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent developments. The book confronts the rapid changes to psychological science, neuroscience, healthcare, and philosophy that have occurred since the model was first proposed and addresses key issues such as the model’s scientific basis, clinical utility, and philosophical coherence. The authors conceptualise biology and the psychosocial as in the same ontological space, interlinked by systems of communication-based regulatory control which constitute a new kind of causation. These are distinguished from physical and chemical laws, most clearly because they can break down, thus providing the basis for difference between health and disease. This work offers an urgent update to the model’s scientific and philosophical foundations, providing a new and coherent account of causal interactions between the biological, the psychological and social. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Integrating Evolutionary Biology Into Medical Education Jay Schulkin, Michael L. Power, Michael Power, 2019-12-12 This book builds a compelling case for integrating evolutionary biology into undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, as well as its intrinsic value to medicine. It achieves this within the broader context of medicine but through the focused lens of maternal and child health. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Educating the Student Body Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment, 2013-11-30 Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Visual Revelations Howard Wainer, 2013-10-08 To function in modern society complex data must be absorbed and understood at a breakneck pace. The most efficient way to do this is through data-based graphics. This book is an exploration and celebration of graphical methods of data presentation. Visual Revelations' principal purpose is to enlighten, inform, and amuse the reader regarding the shortcomings of common graphical practices; particularly how they can misinform while simultaneously providing models of wonderful graphics. There are many examples of the best graphic practice, graphs that go beyond conveying, facts, and structure to be able to carry emotion as well. Aimed at an educated, lay audience, this volume benefits anyone who must either convey or receive quantitative information, including designers, statisticians, and people in the media. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Excelling in the Clinic Clifford D. Packer, 2022-05-28 Working in the outpatient clinic is a key training experience for medical students. When they arrive at the clinic, students may discover that their time on the inpatient wards does not necessarily prepare them to perform well in the outpatient setting. Everything is different in the clinic, from the nature and context of the patient encounter to the student’s role in note-writing, oral case presentation, and case discussion with the attending physician. The purpose of this book is to guide students as they transition to the world of 15-minute appointments, telemedicine, cyberchondriasis, motivational interviewing, shared medical appointments, and real-time informatics. The aim is to give students a clear understanding of their role in a variety of clinic settings, to evaluate and present their patients well, maximize learning, and provide excellent care for their patients. Excelling in the Clinic explains the process of becoming an effective, efficient, and scholarly worker in the primary care clinic. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Pre-Medicine Joel Thomas, Phillip Wagner, Ray Funahashi, Nitin Agarwal, 2022-12-07 The one-stop, comprehensive resource for students considering a career in medicine In recent years, applying to and getting accepted to medical schools in the U.S. has become increasingly difficult. In 2020–2021, only 38% of the 53,370 students who applied to U.S. medical schools were accepted. For the most prestigious medical schools, the acceptance rate was just 1.4–2%. Pre-Medicine: The Complete Guide for Aspiring Doctors by Joel Thomas, Phillip Wagner, Ray Funahashi, and Nitin Agarwal is a comprehensive roadmap that guides aspiring physicians through the rigorous process of preparing for and getting into medical school in the U.S. By bringing together multiple authors with different life experiences and perspectives, this unique book has broad appeal to students from diverse backgrounds. The text is organized by five sections: The Pre-Med Primer, Succeeding as a Pre-Medical Student, Applying to Medical School, Medical School and Career Insights, and an Appendix. This invaluable resource tackles challenging topics and addresses uncomfortable questions that necessitate engagement with multiple opposing viewpoints and careful data analysis. The first and foremost goal of this book is to provide essential information to individuals that need it to succeed in their pre-med and medical school journey. Key Features Authors graduated from the U.S. News Top 20 medical schools and/or trained at a Doximity Top 20 residency program Demystifies the lengthy and confusing medical school application process, providing practical advice and evidence-based strategies for successfully tackling each step, starting in high school Provides readers with a realistic and honest picture of the daily challenges and rewards that aspiring physicians face—from pre-med to residency This is a must-have resource for anyone who is considering a career in medicine. The no-holds-barred insights shared in this book will greatly optimize the chance of medical school applicants gaining admission to their top choice. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics E-Book Derek G. Waller, Tony Sampson, 2013-08-07 This book covers all the pharmacology you need, from basic science pharmacology and pathophysiology, through to clinical pharmacology to therapeutics, in line with the integrated approach of new medical curricula. The first section covers the basic principles, and the rest is organised by body systems. The book ends with sections on toxicity and prescribing practice. Integrates basic science pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics Brief review of pathophysiology of major diseases Case histories and multiple choice questions (and answers) Tabular presentation of all common drugs within each class Section on further reading Kinetics chapter simplified with more practical examples Includes more on genetic issues Drug tables made more concise to make information more accessible Fully updated to reflect current clinical practice |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse, 2017-10-28 Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General, 2010 This report considers the biological and behavioral mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenicity of tobacco smoke. Many Surgeon General's reports have considered research findings on mechanisms in assessing the biological plausibility of associations observed in epidemiologic studies. Mechanisms of disease are important because they may provide plausibility, which is one of the guideline criteria for assessing evidence on causation. This report specifically reviews the evidence on the potential mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases and considers whether a mechanism is likely to be operative in the production of human disease by tobacco smoke. This evidence is relevant to understanding how smoking causes disease, to identifying those who may be particularly susceptible, and to assessing the potential risks of tobacco products. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Textbook of Critical Care Mitchell P. Fink, 2005 A new multimedia e-dition package includes the book and CD-ROM plus access to the continuously updated website! The website (http://www.criticalcaretext.com) also offers links to important websites, calculators, the full text online, and all the illustrations--downloadable for presentations. A completely new editorial team presents the radical revision to this leading critical care text, previously edited by Shoemaker et al. Today's best coverage of both adult and pediatric critical care, with contributions from an impressive roster of world experts. In addition to numerous new chapters and many extensively rewritten ones, it features a completely new section on commonly encountered problems and a new, more user-friendly organization. Covers both adult and pediatric critical care. Features the authority of the top names in critical care from around the world, including an outstanding new editorial team as well as authors who are among the most highly respected researchers, instructors, and clinicians in the field. Offers a brand-new section that provides quick access to practical guidance on the problems most frequently encountered in the ICU. Explores hot new topics such as Inter- and Intra-Hospital Transport, Disaster Medicine for the ICU Physician, and Teaching Critical Care. Provides a new, more user-friendly organization. Presents only the most essential references within the text, with the rest provided on the enclosed CD-ROM. Is available in a multimedia package that combines the book with access to a fully searchable, continuously updated web site!. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Education in Palliative Care Bee Wee, Nic Hughes, 2007-02-22 Despite the fact that most palliative care educators are involved in teaching, there is little literature devoted to education specifically within palliative care. This book bridges that gap, giving a wide-ranging, global view of palliative care education. It offers theoretical and practical insights, along with specific suggestions for developing knowledge and skills for teaching. It also contains extensive accounts of important contextual matters which influence the range and quality of palliative care education, including: interprofessional learning; continuing professional development; evaluation; and educational leadership. The development of palliative care as a clinical speciality is increasingly conducted at an international level, and a special feature of this book is the inclusion of chapters reviewing palliative care education in each continent. This enables practitioners and teachers to share knowledge across diverse healthcare systems and cultures. There is also an acknowledgement of the multi-professional team involved in palliative care, as education and training are looked at from the perspectives of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals. The book is split into three distinct parts: Part 1 - sets the scene for existing palliative care education, both in the UK and internationally. Part 2 - focuses on the theory underpinning each aspect of teaching, learning and assessment, and then examines the practicalities of delivering these in the clinical setting. Part 3 - explores ways of building and nurturing a culture of learning in palliative care, whether as an individual or as an organization. |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: Resources in Education , 1993 |
| accelerated pathway to medical education: High Quality Care for All Secretary of State for Health, 2008 This review incorporates the views and visions of 2,000 clinicians and other health and social care professionals from every NHS region in England, and has been developed in discussion with patients, carers and the general public. The changes proposed are locally-led, patient-centred and clinically driven. Chapter 2 identifies the challenges facing the NHS in the 21st century: ever higher expectations; demand driven by demographics as people live longer; health in an age of information and connectivity; the changing nature of disease; advances in treatment; a changing health workplace. Chapter 3 outlines the proposals to deliver high quality care for patients and the public, with an emphasis on helping people to stay healthy, empowering patients, providing the most effective treatments, and keeping patients as safe as possible in healthcare environments. The importance of quality in all aspects of the NHS is reinforced in chapter 4, and must be understood from the perspective of the patient's safety, experience in care received and the effectiveness of that care. Best practice will be widely promoted, with a central role for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in expanding national standards. This will bring clarity to the high standards expected and quality performance will be measured and published. The review outlines the need to put frontline staff in control of this drive for quality (chapter 5), with greater freedom to use their expertise and skill and decision-making to find innovative ways to improve care for patients. Clinical and managerial leadership skills at the local level need further development, and all levels of staff will receive support through education and training (chapter 6). The review recommends the introduction of an NHS Constitution (chapter 7). The final chapter sets out the means of implementation. |
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