Year: 2014
Type: editorial
Abstract: O ver the past decade, various graduate medical educa-tion (GME) reform proposals1, 2 have been published, but few of their recommendations have been implemented. In this issue, the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) has released another sensible roadmap for GME reform, recommending increased funding for workforce assessment studies, all-payer GME financing, and increased accountability of GME institutions for producing physicians to better meet the needs of society.3 At a time when so many consensus statements have languished, how do we avoid a similar fate for this proposal? We propose that the answer lies in making our academic health centers (AHCs) more accountable—by turning them into learning health care systems (LHCS), which are integrated and aligned with GME. The LHCS model, originally proposed by the Institute of Medicine, embraces
Authors: Frederick J. Meyers, Mark C. Henderson
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,290
OpenAlex ID: W2037819450