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Thinking about a career in medicine?
Preparing for the future is no longer just a matter of taking challenging science courses and making good grades. You need to understand that the entire field is going through a transformation.
Game-changing innovations in technology, treatment and prevention – along with globalization and new ways of looking at the economics of health care – are changing the way medical schools do things. And that includes a change in the type of students medical schools are looking to admit.
Are you ready?
Movement at the Top Levels
To keep up with the new realities of health care, the American Medical Association has invested $11 million in grants to medical schools nationwide to stimulate new approaches to educating the next generation of doctors. Within the next five years, the projects funded by these grants are expected to lead to a new set of best practices that can be adopted at medical schools across the board.
In the meantime, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has stated its commitment to help teaching institutions keep pace with rapid changes in the field. It has sponsored numerous initiatives to spur innovation in medical education.
What Do You Need to Know Right Now?
With so much change in the air, you may be wondering what you can hang your hat on, especially if you won’t be entering medical school for another four, five or six years. We’ve identified five major ground shifts in medical education that you need to know about now, no matter what your timeframe might be.
- Admissions: As part of its Admissions Initiative, the AAMC has identified a number of core competencies that medical schools should be looking for when they admit new students. Of the 15 core competencies, only six address a student’s mastery of science and thinking/reasoning. The other nine competencies involve interpersonal or intrapersonal skills such as teamwork, service orientation, communication and personal ethics. This reflects an increased understanding that to function effectively, doctors need to address not just a disease or a physiological system, but an entire human being. Students who want to get into med school will need to develop such personal skills beforehand.
- Technology: This is a big one. Between the digitization of medical records, remote access to diagnostic imaging, robotic surgical procedures and the increasing presence of iPads in the hands of doctors making their rounds, we’re all aware that doctors are now expected to be technologically adept. But you might not know the half of it. Medical schools around the country are using simulation technology to teach students how to perform delicate procedures in stressful situations—before laying hands on an actual patient. And many experts are now predicting that hand-held ultrasound machines will soon be as ubiquitous as the stethoscope. There was a time when medicine was described as a marriage of art and science. Doctors of the future must also think like engineers.
- Medical Humanities: One of the major themes in any discussion of the future of health care is that it is becoming increasingly outcome-driven. And medical educators are stressing that the best outcomes result from treating the whole patient, not just the symptoms. That means that medical students will be expected not only to communicate effectively with patients, but also to be able to account for psychological, social and cultural issues that might factor into overall outcome.
- Health Care Economics: It’s not yet clear what the landscape will look like once the dust settles on recent health care legislation. What is clear is that the next generation of doctors will be expected to learn how to justify the cost of the tests and procedures they order based on patient outcome. Along with a crash course in Econ 101, future physicians need to be prepared for complex ethical decisions as the cost of care becomes a bigger factor in how a patient is treated.
- Public Health: Because so many illnesses are linked to specific populations, an emerging focus in medical schools is in population science, social medicine, and global engagement. One of the goals of this approach is to advance behavioral health and prevention.
Envision Is Committed to Education in Medicine
As we collectively work through these exciting and challenging evolutions in health care educations, Envision is dedicated in its mission to help students find the health care college and career path that’s most appropriate for them.
Check out Envision’s wide variety of programs in health care and medicine that can help you prepare to become a well-rounded professional in the dynamic field of medicine.
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