Strengthening Behavioral & Social Science in Medical School Education (R25)

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目建议开发和加强医学院的行为和社会科学(BSS)课程，该课程被医学研究所列为医学教育的高度优先事项。具体地说，耶希瓦大学阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院(爱因斯坦)将在其先前K07赠款的基础上，与布朗大学沃伦·阿尔伯特医学院(AMS)合作实现这一目标。他们还将与美国医学院学校联盟合作：过去5年里在K07项目上合作的9所学校，在接下来的5年里扩大到这个新的R25联盟中的18所学校。爱因斯坦/AMS计划将主要关注人口健康，这是BSS课程的一个组成部分，需要关注，但建立在两个机构的互补优势之上。通过这项工作，我们将解决以下具体目标：联盟具体目标：将目前的行为和社会科学联盟从9所学校扩大到18所学校，继续我们的合作和全国传播努力，并在协调中心的支持下加强我们的集体评估。1.建立爱因斯坦与AMS之间的课程开发学院。我们将在第一年通过在各机构之间交替举行的一系列精心安排的会议来实现这一目标。2.制定和实施一项全面的四年制人口健康课程。3.按照国际移民组织2004年关于行为和社会科学教育的报告，加强两所学校现有的沟通技能和专业精神课程。4.培养行为和社会科学领域与健康相关的学术研究。这些目标将通过课程规划、教师支持、创新的教学方法以及学校内部、学校之间和学校之间的深思熟虑和严格的评估活动来实现。通过这一努力，我们将帮助培训下一代医生，使他们拥有BSS知识和技能，这些知识和技能将转化为更好的患者护理、重要研究和公众健康的整体改善。 与公共健康相关：出色的临床护理需要拥有解剖学和生物化学方面传统上没有学到的知识和技能的医生。这些研究领域--沟通技能、道德规范、职业精神、健康体系以及健康的社会决定因素--都属于“行为和社会科学”范畴，历来都是美国医学院关注不足的焦点。该计划将培训医生有效地在医疗保健系统中导航，了解患者的疾病背景，并提供高质量和专业的护理，这将导致患者满意度的提高和健康的改善。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project proposes to develop and enhance the medical school curriculum in the behavioral and social sciences (BSS), noted as a high priority for medical education by the Institute of Medicine. Specifically, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Einstein), building upon the foundation of its previous K07 grant, will partner with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (AMS) achieve this goal. They will also work in partnership with a consortium of US medical schools schools: 9 schools that have worked together on the K07 program over the last 5 years, expanded to 18 schools in this new R25 consortium for the next 5 years. The Einstein/AMS program will primarily focus on population health, a component of the BSS curriculum that requires attention but builds upon complementary strengths of both institutions. Through this work, we will address the following Specific Aims: CONSORTIUM SPECIFIC AIM: Expand the current behavioral and social science consortium from 9 to 18 schools, continue our collaborations and national dissemination efforts, and enhance our collective evaluation under the aegis of a coordinating center. 1. Establish a curriculum development collegium between Einstein and AMS. We will accomplish this aim during Year 1 through a series of carefully constructed meetings alternating between institutions. 2. Develop and implement a comprehensive, 4-year curriculum in population health. 3. Enhance the existing curriculum in communication skills and professionalism at both schools, consistent with the 2004 IOM report on behavioral and social science education. 4. Foster health related scholarship in the behavioral and social sciences. The Aims will be achieved through curriculum planning, faculty support, innovative teaching approaches, and thoughtful and rigorous evaluation activities within, between, and across schools. Through this effort, we will help train the next generation of physicians to have the BSS knowledge and skills that will translate into improved patient care, important research, and an overall improvement in the health of the public. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Outstanding clinical care requires doctors who possess knowledge and skills that aren't traditionally learned in anatomy and biochemistry. These areas of study - communication skills, ethics, professionalism, health systems, the social determinants of health - fall under the heading of 'behavioral and social sciences,' and have traditionally been the focus of insufficient attention in US medical schools. This program will train physicians to effectively navigate the health care system, understand the context of their patients' illnesses, and provide high quality and professional care, which will lead to increased patient satisfaction and improved health.