Students Adding Value: Improving Patient Care Measures While Learning Valuable Population Health Skills.
Am J Med Qual
; 35(1): 70-78, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
Medical students are potential resources for ambulatory primary care practices if learning goals can align with clinical needs. The authors introduced a quality improvement (QI) curriculum in the ambulatory clinical rotation that matched student learning expectations with practice needs. In 2016-2017, 128 students were assigned to academic, university affiliated, community health, and private practices. Student project measures were matched with appropriate outcome measures on monthly practice dashboards. Binomial mixed effects models were used to model QI measures. For university collaborative practices with student involvement, the estimated odds of a patient being screened for breast cancer in March 2017 was approximately 2 times greater than in 2016. This odds ratio was 36.2% greater than the comparable odds ratio for collaborative practices without student involvement (95% confidence interval = 22.7% to 51.2% greater). When student curriculum and assignments align with practice needs, practice metrics improve and students contribute to improvements in real-world settings.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Competencia Clínica
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Educación de Pregrado en Medicina
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Mejoramiento de la Calidad
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Atención Ambulatoria
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Med Qual
Asunto de la revista:
SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Nueva Caledonia