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University of Michigan Medical School on transforming medical student education
Each month, the AMA highlights institutions that are part of the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to showcase their work with the consortium and innovations in medical education. Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium
Strategy groups in the consortium work on issues critical to transforming how physicians are trained.
Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, MD
Marguerite S. Roll Professor of Medical Education
Associate dean for medical student education
Executive director, Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education. (RISE)
Associate professor of Medicine and Learning Health Sciences
Number of years in the consortium: 8 years What are your Accelerating Change in Medical Education project and goals?
Of note, all 4 items below apply to our work in the ACE consortium since 2013. In addition to our original proposal (which transformed our whole medical education program), our renewal was focused on going deeper in three elements: (1) competency-based medical education, (2) health systems science, and (3) advising/coaching across the undergraduate to graduate medical education continuum. In addition, we have worked separately on a grant provided by the AMA on “Case Studies in Medical Education Transformation,” which addresses change management. As such, the University of Michigan’s strategy areas of focus include all 4 elements below […]