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Contact: Jennifer Bush, 202-828-0041, jbush@aamc.org
AAMC Expert Panels to Focus on Medical School Curricula in Health Care Quality, Clinical Research, and Basic Science
Washington, D.C., May 31, 2000--The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently established three Medical School Objective Project (MSOP) expert panels on health care quality, clinical research, and basic science to set forth program-level learning objectives that medical school deans and faculties can use as guidelines in reviewing their medical student education programs. The AAMC MSOP is a national initiative developed in 1998 to expand consensus on the key attributes physicians should possess to meet their individual and collective responsibilities to society.
The panel on quality of care issues is chaired by Paul B. Batalden, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School. The panel will discuss the quality of care issues medical students should be familiar with and the educational experiences needed to allow them to achieve those learning objectives. The AAMC MSOP's heightened focus on quality of care issues stems, in part, from the report on medical errors issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) last year. The IOM report clearly identified the need for physicians to have a greater awareness of patient safety issues.
The panel on clinical research is chaired by Dennis Ausiello, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital. The group will explore what students should learn to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to interpret and apply the results of clinical research into their patient care activities, and to become constructive participants in clinical research activities. In the fall, the AAMC issued a national call to action recognizing that clinical research is not adequately understood or valued-by the public or the government.
Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, chairs the new panel that will focus on the basic science knowledge that medical students should acquire, and how that knowledge can best be learned during the course of undergraduate medical education. The AAMC is committed to improving the quality of medical education as it relates to the extraordinary growth that has occurred in recent years in the knowledge of molecular and cellular biology, and the application of that knowledge to the clinical disciplines of pathology, pharmacology, immunology, and genetics.
Each panel will be responsible for the compilation of a report by next winter.
To date, three MSOP reports have been issued. The first MSOP report presented 30 program-level learning objectives, representing a consensus within the medical education community on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that students should possess before graduation from medical school. The second report focused on the two interrelated topics of medical informatics and population health. The third report discussed the importance of effective communication in medicine, summarizing the current state of communications skills teaching and assessment and offering an action plan for improving communications skills education.
To receive copies of the AAMC reports, please contact Juliana Burgess at 202-828-0412 or jrburgess@aamc.org.
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MSOP Basic Science Panel
Richard Berlin, M.D. Associate Dean Research Planning and Coordination University of Connecticut - SOM MC-1920, 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030 Phone: 860-679-2513 Fax: 860-679-2513 berlin@nso.uchc.edu
Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Health Affairs Dean, College of Medicine University of Florida College of Medicine 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Room H-102 PO Box 100014 Gainesville, FL 32610 Phone: 352-392-2761 Fax: 352-392-9395 kberns@vpha.health.ufl.edu
David Cardozo, Ph.D. Department of Neurosciences Harvard Medical School 25 Shattuck Street Boston, MA 02115 Phone: 617-432-4632 dcardozo@hms.harvard.edu
Paul A. Insel, M.D. Professor of Pharmacology & Medicine UCSD School of Medicine 9500 Gilman Drive, 0636 La Jolla, CA 92093-0636 Phone: 858-534-2295 Fax: 858-822-1007 pinsel@ucsd.edu
James D. Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Cell Biology Yale University School of Medicine 367 Cedar Street New Haven, CT 06520-8055 Phone: 203-785-4317 Fax: 203-785-6936 james.jamieson@yale.edu
Mary J.C. Hendrix, Ph.D. Chair, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology University of Iowa College of Medicine 1-100 Bowen Science Building Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: 319-335-7755 Fax: 319-335-7770 mary-hendrix@uiowa.edu
Frederick R. Maxfield, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Biochemistry The Weill Medical College of Cornell University 1300 York Avenue New York, NY 10021 Phone: 212-746-6405 Fax: 212-766-8875 frmaxfie@mail.med.cornell.edu
David Robertson, M.D. Professor of Medicine/Neurology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 21st Avenue South at Garland Avenue Nashville, TN 37232 Phone: 615-343-6499 Fax: 615-343-8649 david.robertson@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu
Huntington Willard, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Genetics Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine BRB731 Cleveland, OH 44106 Phone: 216-844-5936 Fax: 216-368-3030 hfw@po.cwru.edu
MSOP Clinical Research Panel
Phyllis Gardner, M.D. Senior Associate Dean for Education & Student Affairs Stanford University Medical School 300 Pasteur Drive, Room M121 Stanford, CA 94305-5119 pgardner@leland.stanford.edu (650) 498-4827 Phone (650) 725-7368 Fax
Dennis Ausiello, M.D. Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine, Bigelow 7 Fruit St. GRB 740 Boston, MA 02114 dausiello@partners.org (617) 726-5660 Phone (617) 724-7441 fax
John I. Gallin, M.D. Director, Clinical Center (NIH) National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike Building 10-Room 2C146 Bethesda, MD 20892 jgallin@nih.gov (301) 496-4114 Phone (301) 402-0244 Fax
E. Nigel Harris, M.D. Dean and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Morehouse School of Medicine 720 Westview Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30310-1495 harrise@msm.edu (404) 752-1728 Phone (404) 752-1594 Fax
Rebecca Kirkland, M.D. Associate Dean for Curriculum Professor of Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030 rebeccak@bcm.tmc.edu (713) 770-3441 Phone (713) 770-3435 Fax
M. Elizabeth Ross, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Neurology Director, Combined M.D./Ph.D. Programs U of Minnesota Medical School 420 Delaware St, SE, Box 295 Minneapolis, MN 55455 rossx001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (612) 626-2499 Phone (612) 626-2639 Fax
John E. Wennberg, M.D. Director, Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences Dartmouth Medical School 7251 Strasenburgh Hanover, NH 03755 john.wennberg@dartmouth.edu (603) 650-1268 Phone (603) 650-1900 Fax
Karen Zier, Ph.D. Director, Office of Student Research Opportunities Mount Sinai School of Medicine One Gustave Levy Place, Box L257 New York, NY 10029 kzier@smtplink.mssm.edu (212) 291-4429 Phone (212) 369-6013 Fax
Medical Student Education Quality of Care Panel
Paul B. Batalden, M.D. Director, Health Care Improvement Leadership Development Professor of Pediatrics Dartmouth Medical School Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences Hanover, NH 03755-3863 Phone: 603-650-6513 Fax: 603-650-6525 paul.b.batalden@hitchcock.org
Donald M. Berwick, M.D. President and CEO Institute for Healthcare Improvement 135 Francis Street Boston, MA 02215 Phone: 617-754-4852 Fax: 617-754-4865 dberwick@ihi.org
John E. Billi, M.D. Associate Vice President Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs University of Michigan Medical School 1301 Catherine M7330 Med Sci I Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0624 Phone: 734-936-5214 Fax: 734-615-5154 jbilli@umich.edu
Mark R. Chassin, M.D., MPP, MPH Chairman, Dept. of Health Policy Mt. Sinai School of Medicine One Gustave L. Levy Place, Bx 1077 New York, NY 10029 Phone: 212-659-9566 Fax: 212-423-2998 mark.chassin@mssm.edu
Robert S. Galvin, M.D. Director, Health Care General Electric Company 3135 Easton Turnpike Fairfield, CT 06431 Phone: 203-373-3435 Fax: 202-373-3772 robert.galvin@corporate.ge.com
John T. Kelly, M.D., Ph.D. Director of Physician Services AETNA/U.S. HealthCare 980 Jolly Road Blue Bell, PA 19422 Phone: 215-775-5186 Fax: 215-775-6742 kellydj@aetna.com
David J. Shulkin, M.D. Chairman and CEO DoctorQuality 195 Davis Road Lawnside, NJ 08045 Phone: 856-546-7999 Fax: 856-546-6930 shulkin@doctorquality.com
Mark Young, M.D. Chair, Dept. of Community Health And Health Studies Lehigh Valley Hospital 227 N. 17th Street Allentown, PA 17033 Phone: 610-402-2446 Fax: 610-402-2470 mark.young@lvh.com
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