Graduates respond to the larger context and system of healthcare. They have the ability to recognize and utilize the resources needed to
provide optimal and safe patient care. Graduates demonstrate an understanding of different medical practice models and delivery systems. They
demonstrate cost-effective care and efficient resource allocation while providing quality care. They audit and evaluate their own practice patterns.
| Graduates respond to the larger context and system of health
care. |
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| 1. Describes the structure, governance, financing and
operation of the health care system and its facilities and how
this influences patient care, research and educational activities
at a local, state, regional and national level. |
Didactic Sessions
Small group exercises Reading |
Written tests
Oral exams
Small group sessions |
| 2. Knows how to collaborate with health care managers and
health care providers to assess, coordinate, and improve health
care and know how these activities can affect system
performance. |
Case presentations
Interdisciplinary meetings
Clinical Rotations |
Interdisciplinary care plans
Daily patient care |
| 3. Respects diversity, be willing to work through systems,
collaborate with other members of the health care team, and
accepts appropriate responsibility for the health of the
population. |
Interdisciplinary meetings
Clinical Rotations |
Daily patient care
Self-reflection |
| 4. Describes the major legal mechanisms for oversight and
regulation of medical practice, including those related to
licensure and discipline, negligence, malpractice, riskmanagement,
doctor-patient relationships, confidentiality, and
patient’s rights. |
Case presentations
Didactic Sessions
Small group exercises
Reading |
Written exams
Small group sessions |
| 5. Describes how population-based approaches to health care
services can improve medical practice. |
Didactic Sessions
Small group sessions
Reading |
Small group sessions
Written Project |
| 6. Defines and describes a population, its demography, cultural
and socioeconomic constitution, circumstances of living, and
health status; and understands how to gather health information
about this population in order to better serve its needs. |
Small group sessions
Reading |
Written project
Small group exercise |
| 7. Describes the characteristics of an effective physician’s
office practice, including how to adhere to practice laws and
regulations, maintain medical records, monitor and improve key
clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction, appropriately codes
and bills for services rendered and refers and coordinates care
with different facilities and health professionals within the health
system. |
Didactic Sessions
Reading
Case presentations
Small group sessions
Experiential: Front desk
outpatient management experience, including
billing and coding |
Written exams
Oral exams
Small group sessions
Billing/Coding project |
| Graduates have the ability to recognize and utilize the
resources needed to provide optimal and safe patient care. |
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| 1. Describes the role of various physician specialties, other
health care professionals and community health agencies in
patient care and works with them to provide coordinated,
continuous care. |
Interdisciplinary Meetings
Didactic Sessions
Visit Community Agencies
Small Group exercises
Reading
Clinical Rotations
Discharge Planning Meetings |
OSCE
Patient Care
Small group exercises
360 Evaluation
D/C Plan Preparation |
| 2. Uses electronic systems to effectively utilize and share
information within the system of care while maintaining
confidentiality of protected health information. |
Clinical Rotations
HIPPAA Training |
Patient Care
HIPPAA Credentialing |
| 3. Advocates for quality patient care by discussing and
assisting patients and their families with ongoing health needs.
Helps them in coordinating care and in dealing with system
complexities. |
Clinical Rotations
Small Group Exercises |
Patient Care
Small Group Exercises
Prepare an Interdisciplinary
Care Plan
360 Evaluation
Chart Stimulated Recall |
| 4. Develops a care plan for a patient he/she has assessed,
including investigation, treatment and continuing care, in
collaboration with the members of the interdisciplinary team. |
Small Group Exercises
Reading
Clinical Rotations |
360 evaluation
Patient Care
Prepare an Interdisciplinary Care
Plan, OSCE |
| 5. Participate in interdisciplinary team discussions,
demonstrating the ability to accept, consider and respect the
opinions of the other team members, while contributing an
appropriate level of expertise to patient care. |
Clinical Rotations
Interdisciplinary Care Meetings
Small Group Exercises
Didactic Sessions |
360 evaluation
Patient Care
Prepare an Interdisciplinary Care
Plan
OSCE |
| 6. Understands how human error arises.
Recognizes how providers and system flaws contribute to
hazards in care, and seeks to improve system performance. |
QI projects
Clinical Rotations
Case Presentations |
QI projects
Small Group Discussions
Written or oral exams |
| 7. Discusses with patients ( and their families as appropriate)
their ongoing health needs and help them coordinate their care
among different health professionals and settings. |
Small Group Exercises
Reading
Clinical Rotations |
360 evaluation
Patient Care
Prepare an Interdisciplinary Care
Plan
OSCE |
| Graduates demonstrate an understanding of different medical
practice models and delivery systems. |
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| 1. Understands the structure and function of a variety of health
care delivery systems (e.g. public vs private hospital, private
practice, health maintenance organizations, CHS, nursing
home, primary, secondary and tertiary care). |
Didactic Sessions
Small Group Exercises
Reading |
Essay
Written Exam
Small Group Exercises |
| 2. Understands the Organization of Health Care Systems
(Private practice, capitated HMO, Fee For Service) and how
they impact on access, cost, resource allocation and quality. |
Didactic Sessions
Small Group Exercises
Reading
Case Presentations |
Analyze a financing or
delivery issue in
writing
Small Group Exercises |
| 3. Describes what insurance plans (Medicare, Medicaid,
HMO’s) commonly cover and what are health benefits,
formularies, preauthorization, appeals, disease management
and quality improvement. |
Didactic Sessions
Small Group Exercises
Reading
Case Presentations
Clinical Rotations |
Essay to explain the
theory and practice of
managed care
Written Exams
Patient Care
Small Group Exercise |
| Graduates demonstrate cost-effective care and efficient
resource allocation while providing quality care. |
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| 1. Designs rational therapeutic strategies that take into account
a basic understanding of disease pathophysiology, patient
specific variables, costs, risks and expected outcomes. |
Clinical Rotations
Small Group Exercise
Didactics (costs) |
OSCE Small Group Exercise
Patient Care |
| 2. Uses knowledge of health care delivery systems and
insurance-related factors in diagnostic, treatment and discharge
plans (i.e. admission criteria, sites for testing, using a formulary,
referral to providers, patient costs, preauthorization …). |
Clinical Rotations
Small Group Exercise |
OSCE
Small Group Exercise
Patient Care |
| 3. Demonstrate a sense of responsibility for factoring in health
care costs, quality, expected outcomes, and patient
preferences while coordinating rational therapeutic patient care. |
Clinical Rotations
Small Group Exercise
Didactics (costs) |
OSCE
Small Group Exercise
Patient Care |
| Graduates audit and evaluate their own practice patterns. |
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| 1. Describes how physicians take into account medical
evidence, health care costs and patient preferences to provide
quality and affordable health care with high patient satisfaction. |
Didactic Sessions
Small Group Exercises
EBM Exercises
Review Pt Satisfaction
Surveys |
Small Group Exercises
CAT forms |
| 2. Applies an iterative, scientific process of problem-solving to
patient care – gathering data, generating and testing
hypotheses, interpreting and reflecting upon outcomes and
altering actions when appropriate. |
Small Group Exercises
Clinical Rotations |
Small Group Exercises
Patient Care
360 Evaluation |
| 3. Applies information gained in this iterative process of patient
care to add to his/her own foundational core of medical
knowledge, improves the care of his/her patients and enhances
the medical knowledge of his/her colleagues. |
Small Group Exercises
Clinical Rotations |
Small Group Exercises
Patient Care
360 Evaluation |
| 4. Explains the current models of performance evaluation and
feedback, quality assessment and improvement, and peer
review. |
Didactic Sessions
Small Group Exercises
QI Projects |
Small Group Exercises
QI Projects |
