{"id":7870,"date":"2018-04-24T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=7870"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:57","slug":"tech-medschool-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/24\/tech-medschool-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech innovation redefines Medical School curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U-M Medical School is undergoing a curriculum transformation to develop future physician leaders in health care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the previous model, students spent the first two years of their education focusing on science and the second two years in the clinic working with patients. In the new curriculum, students are exposed to the clinical aspects of medicine in their first year, allowing students to learn about the science of medicine at the same time as patient care.<\/p>\n

In support of the curriculum transformation, Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) has been driving technological innovations in partnership with the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE). A recent outcome of this collaboration is a tool called Learning Outcomes, which aggregates individual student assessment outcomes in one location. Learning Outcomes provides faculty and students with a single mechanism for tracking student progress, providing important data to inform goal development and learning plans. It also offers the opportunity to focus on student strengths, and the dexterity to address gaps in learning sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe ability to review medical student progress in this holistic fashion strengthens the overall medical student experience,\u201d said Johmarx Patton, director of the HITS Education Informatics & Technology team. \u201cMedical students are benefiting from coaching and other aspects of this current curriculum that were not as easily accomplished when I was a student.\u201d<\/p>\n

The efficiency of the system goes beyond dashboards. HITS developers and OMSE staff alike used to spend many hours manually compiling data for use in Dean\u2019s Letters (Medical Student Performance Evaluations to accompany their residency applications), Academic Review Board reporting and hearings, and general tracking routinely done by counselors. Tools like Learning Outcomes help streamline these labor-intensive processes.<\/p>\n

Medical School Assistant Dean for Curriculum Michelle M. Daniel, M.D., said the dashboard is very valuable to the UMMS educational community.

\u201cThe ability to review medical student progress in this holistic fashion strengthens the overall medical student experience.\u201d <\/p>