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Commentary: improving medical education during financially challenging times.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20671449     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The expectation exists that medical education will continue to improve even during financially challenging times. The authors reviewed their recent experiences in effecting positive changes and improvements in Mayo Medical School during a time of fiscal constraint. They successfully implemented numerous changes, including a major curriculum reform, while modestly reducing overall costs of the medical school and improving student satisfaction and learner outcomes. These improvements resulted from careful alignment among the institutional mission of serving the needs of the patient, communication with the faculty, involvement of the students, and streamlining of multiple processes throughout the school. The authors sought to eliminate excessive resource utilization while retaining the essence of Mayo Medical School's education process. The authors' experience can both encourage and inspire other schools to continue to improve the educational experience for their students in concert with meeting increasing financial pressures.
Authors:
Keith D Lindor; Wojciech Pawlina; Barbara L Porter; Thomas R Viggiano; Joseph P Grande; Patricia A Barrier; Jerry A Swanson; Kevin F Buman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Editorial    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges     Volume:  85     ISSN:  1938-808X     ISO Abbreviation:  Acad Med     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-30     Completed Date:  2010-09-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8904605     Medline TA:  Acad Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1266-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Education, Medical / economics,  trends*
Financial Support*
Humans
Organizational Objectives
Schools, Medical / economics*
Socioeconomic Factors
Students, Medical
Teaching / methods
United States

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