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Jeff Towns – Michigan Health Council

Clinical Rotations and Community Connections. Jeff Towns – Michigan Health Council. Funding and Partners. HRSA Funded Program Partners: Michigan Department of Community Health Michigan Health Council Michigan Center for Rural Health Michigan Primary Care Association

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Jeff Towns – Michigan Health Council

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  1. Clinical Rotations and Community Connections Jeff Towns – Michigan Health Council

  2. Funding and Partners • HRSA Funded • Program Partners: • Michigan Department of Community Health • Michigan Health Council • Michigan Center for Rural Health • Michigan Primary Care Association • Michigan Area Health Education Center • You?

  3. Enhance/Expand PC Rotations • Need more clinical experiences in underserved communities. • Must enroll students into the community. • “Rural rotations and other rural curricular elements in medical school and residency training are critical to keeping students who have an interest in rural practice from looking elsewhere.” (AAFP.org, 2011)

  4. M-SEARCH (Michigan Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health): A system to facilitate student rotation placements in rural and urban underserved areas to build a pipeline of new primary care providers. (HRSA/MDCH Funded) ACE-MAPP (Michigan’s Advanced placement program): an internet-based matching system for clinical rotations to assist provider sites, students, and school coordinators to arrange clinical rotations. (MHC Systemized for funding sustainability)

  5. Create student profiles • Search for sites • Choose preferred sites and submit preferences • Engage in community • project(s). • Create program profile • Approve student site requests • Develop/evaluate curriculum Students USER ROLES MDCH MHC MPCA MCRH MI-AHEC Clinical Sites • Create profile • Support community project development • Approve School Requests • Precept students Schools/ Programs Community • System operations • Recruit sites • Collect pre- and post- rotation documents • Support community projects

  6. One year in Operation • Schools • 13 Schools and 29 programs participating • Sites • 87 Clinical rotation sites • Students/Rotations • 178 students (DO, MD, NP PA) • 70 Completed rotations, 11 in progress, 15 yet to begin

  7. Key Program Objectives • Securing and organizing student experiences • Expand the availability of clinical sites statewide • Enhance multi-disciplinary experiences for MD, DO, NP, PA students and beyond. • Provide preceptor and instructor support • Build community interaction and enrollment into experience. • Introduce students to Medical Home models of care.

  8. Introducing “Connect Rotations” In 2012 Building Community Connections is key… Health Education/Health Promotion Activities Health Screening Events Community Health Needs Assessments Health Services Delivery Analyses Health Insurance/Affordability Education and Research Health Care Training

  9. Contact: Craig Donahue Director, ACE System 517-347-8093 Craig.donahue@mhc.org www.acesystem.org www.acemapp.org

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