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College of Medicine Curriculum Committee Retreat December 17, 2008. William L. Albritton, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) Dean, College of Medicine. Issues Arising from the AFMC FUTURE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION IN CANADA Project 1. Social Responsibility and Accountability
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College of MedicineCurriculum Committee RetreatDecember 17, 2008 William L. Albritton, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) Dean, College of Medicine
Issues Arising from the AFMC FUTURE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION IN CANADA Project • 1. Social Responsibility and Accountability • 2. Access to Medical Education and Admissions Processes • 3. Integration and Timing of Basic and Clinical Sciences • Education • 4. Prevention and Population Health • 5. Culture of Medicine and the Hidden Curriculum • 6. Community-based education • 7. Generalism, with a Particular Focus on Family Medicine • 8. Inter-professionalism, Team-based Care and the Role of • the Physician • 9. Life-long learning and the Continuum of Medical • Education • 10. Change Management, Leadership, and Innovation
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN SASKATCHEWAN • Saskatoon • Assoc Dean • Graduate programs • Facilities (academic/clinical) • Regina • Assoc Dean • Undergraduate/graduate programs • Facilities (academic/clinical) • Rural programs • Assoc Dean • Undergraduate/graduate programs • Facilities (academic/clinical)
RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS • Medical Education (Current) • Undergraduate electives • Rural Family Medicine Residency • Medical Education (Future) • Rural track or stream • UndergraduateAdmissions • Undergraduate Curriculum • Postgraduate training (FM/Specialties)
RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS • Rural Curriculum • East Tennessee State • Northern Ontario School of Medicine
ETSU – Community PartnershipsRPCT - a piece of the Pipeline 1° and 2° Schools College Medical School Residency ETSU Rural Primary Care Track Community
Of the first 25 graduates who have completed residencies Years 1-7 Twenty (80%) are now in practice in towns of less than 25,000 persons Thirteen practice in Tennessee Five others in rural counties in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia Two are members of the ETSU faculty
A Look at Primary Care/Not an Obligation Lots of Flexibility to Suit Individual Interests Urban, Subspecialty, Public Health, Anything Else! Quillen Is Famous For Rural Community Partnerships “ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine is ranked third in the nation for excellence in rural medicine education by U.S. News & World Report in its"America's Best Graduate Schools" 2007 edition” Close Knit Community Lots of Fun Some Considerations…
If you want a Rural Health Workforce you need to provide Medical Students and other Health Professional Students with Rural Experiences……. You Can’t Fall in Love with Something You Never Experience!
RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS • College of Medicine Integrated Plan 2008-2012 • Distributed Medical Education (Initiative 1.15) • Smaller urban and rural sites • All trainees in core disciplines would have learning experiences away from the tertiary centres • Some trainees would have a significant subset of program delivered in rural sites
RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS • REFERENCES • QUESTIONS