256872 College Within the College (CwiC) – Population Health in Medical Education

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 12:44 PM - 12:56 PM

James Plumb, MD, MPH , Family and Community Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Rickie O. Brawer, PhD MPH , Center for Urban Health, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Simmons, DrPH, MPH, CHES , Master of Public Health (MPH) Program, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Abbie Santana, MSPH , Family & Community Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Nancy L. Chernett, MA, MPH , Jefferson School of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Phildelphia, PA
Programmatic tracks providing students with academic opportunities outside of the traditional medical curriculum represents a national trend in medical education. With HRSA Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Joint Graduate Degree five-year funding, the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University created an Inter-professional Primary Care Dual Degree Program (IPCDDP), building on Jefferson Medical College's College within the College (CwiC) Scholarly Concentration Program in Population Health. The mission of the IPCDDP is to provide training in primary care and education in chronic care management and population health in order to prepare primary care leaders to improve the health of America's most vulnerable and underserved populations. CwiC – PH is a four year longitudinal course. Key components include: Year 1 – enhanced population health components of Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) I, community immersions, and twice monthly seminars Summer – population health related programs locally and globally Year 2 – case studies in Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine, twice monthly seminars applying social and behavioral foundations of Public Health Year 3 – enhanced clerkship experiences Year 4 – Two community electives and completion of a Capstone Project, Longitudinal faculty-student and student-student mentoring Two cohorts have entered the program, representing 13% of the medical school class. Benefits to students include a certificate upon program completion, recognition in Dean's letters, and 15 credits applied to the Jefferson MPH program. Institutional collaboration and a description of the CwiC – PH program will be presented along with characteristics of enrolled students, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability plans.

Learning Areas:
Basic medical science applied in public health
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related education
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Participants attending this session will be able to: 1) Organize an approach to integrating population health into a medical school curriculum 2) Apply a methodology to recruit students into an area of concentration in population health 3) Identify the challenges in curricular reform and innovation

Keywords: Public Health Education, Medicine

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: For the six several years, I have taught Introduction to Public Health, Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health in the MPH Program, and have served on over 40 Capstone Committees. I am Coordinator of the College Within a College Population Health Program. I am Director of the Community Medicine Section of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and coordinate five 4th year medical student electives.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.