Physician Executive Leadership: Student-Led Curriculum to Fill Gaps in Traditional Medical Education

Authors

Anuj Shah, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Ronuk Modi, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jessica Downing, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Angela Ugorets, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Kathryn Linder, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Michael Jacobs, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Graham Hale, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jeffrey Fitch, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Nicholas Kurtzman, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Paul Rosen, MD, Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DEFollow

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Students at Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) have identified a gap in the traditional medical curriculum surrounding topics such as telehealth, the patient experience, health policy, medical malpractice, and health care entrepreneurship and innovation, and in response have initiated a student-centered, student-led, student-driven program called Physician Executive Leadership (PEL). PEL provides students with a variety of avenues to engage with these topics, such as lectures from leaders in each of these fields, easy access to weekly news articles on current events in health care, targeted review sessions on the US health care system, and the opportunity to voice and develop ideas through an online publication.

To identify the gaps in medical education PEL is best suited to fill, we administered a survey to 174 students at Sidney Kimmel Medical College.The survey contained 20 multiple-choice questions to assess general knowledge on health insurance and reimbursement, health care policy and reform, and care quality and patient experience. It also included a subjective self-assessment of students’ understanding of and interest in these topics. Overall, we found that although the traditional medical school curriculum improved students' understanding of these topics from year to year, it is not sufficient on it's own: on average, students failed to achieve a passing score of 70% in any of the categories tested. Further illustrating the importance of this program, students self-identified a gap between their current level of understanding and what they want to know.

Please visit our website www.physicianexecutiveleadership.com to learn more!

Publication Date

12-7-2015

Keywords

Physician Executive Leadership: Student-Led Curriculum to Fill Gaps in Traditional Medical Education, Thomas Jefferson University, SKMC

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Shah, Anuj; Modi, Ronuk; Downing, Jessica; Ugorets, Angela; Linder, Kathryn; Jacobs, Michael; Hale, Graham; Fitch, Jeffrey; Kurtzman, Nicholas; and Rosen, MD, Paul, "Physician Executive Leadership: Student-Led Curriculum to Fill Gaps in Traditional Medical Education" (2015). Physician Executive Leadership. 1.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pel/1