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Mission/Goals

The Medical Student Education SIG will still be dedicated to be a home for all people who are interested in medical student education. It will disseminate information for faculty development and career development of members. It will partner with other SIGs or other organizations to enhance approach to education and training.

Past Meeting

2008 APA SIG Medical Student Education Meeting (Hawaii)

Objectives

The Education of Physicians: Vision for Improving Medical Education
Sub-Internship Curriculum

Outline

Education of Physicians: Vision for Improving Medical Education
Dr. Maria Marquez
University of California San Francisco: Integrated Clerkships, Dr. Tim Kelly
Small Groups: Vision for Improving Medical Student Education
Competencies
Teaching Methodology
Evaluation
Overview of Sub-Internship Curriculum
Dr. Sandra Sanguino
Small group work on reviewing objectives of curriculum: will be broken down by competencies

Number of participants: 27
Presentation: Education of Physicians: Vision for Improving Medical Education
Maria L. Marquez, MD
Clerkship Director
Department of Pediatrics
Georgetown University
This presentation was focused on a vision for improving medical education in North America. Approximately 30 people participated including senior educators and first time attendees.

A "good doctor" is a professional who embodies the art and science of medicine. The foundation of medical education aims to transmit the knowledge, impart skills, and inculcate values of the professional in a balanced and integrated manner. Medical students must master a large body of knowledge, but the final test will be what they know and what they do. Basis for medical knowledge and reasoning should be scientific knowledge; integrated basic science knowledge should be based on practical skills, and moral orientation required for successful practice in medicine. Medical education requires that students acquire important set of professional values and qualities, that will stimulate the willingness to put the needs of patients first.

The meeting Goals were:

Presentation of evidence based review of medical education for the last 100 years.
Presentation of different skills necessary for the future physician practitioner.
Identification of strength and weaknesses of current Medical education
Description of institutions that are making changes to accomplish better medical education for 21 the century
Identification strategies for successful implementation of changes in medical education. Presentation of the Longitudinal Clerkships from University of San Francisco California. by Dr. Tim Kelly
Definition of further work for improving medical education based on the ACGME competencies.

Presentation: Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships

Tim Kelly, MD
Director, Core Clerkship & Intern Selection
Vice Chair, Educational Programs
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco

Presentation: Sub-Internship Curriculum

Sandra Sanguino, MD, MPH
COMSEP Curriculum Task Force Co- Chair

An overview of the progress of the development of a national sub-internship curriculum was presented. The group was then divided into 6 working groups (one group per competency) to review the progress made to date. The goal of the small groups was as follows: