title: Addressing the systems-based practice requirement with health policy content and educational technology.
abstract: Duke University Hospital Office of Graduate Medical Education and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business collaborated to offer a Health Policy lecture series to residents and fellows across the institution, addressing the "Systems-based Practice" competency.During the first year, content was offered in two formats: live lecture and web/podcast. Participants could elect the modality which was most convenient for them. In Year Two, the format was changed so that all content was web/podcast and a quarterly live panel discussion was led by module presenters or content experts. Lecture evaluations, qualitative focus group feedback, and post-test data were analyzed.A total of 77 residents and fellows from 8 (of 12) Duke Graduate Medical Education departments participated. In the first year, post-test results were the same for those who attended the live lectures and those who participated via web/podcast. A greater number of individuals participated in Year Two. Participants from both years expressed the need for health policy content in their training programs. Participants in both years valued a hybrid format for content delivery, recognizing a desire for live interaction with the convenience of accessing web/podcasts at times and locations convenient for them. A positive unintended consequence of the project was participant networking with residents and fellows from other specialties.
authors.affiliation: Office of Graduate Medical Education, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA. alisa.nagler@duke.edu
authors.forename: Alisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagler
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andolsek
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dossary
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlueter
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schulman
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D018961:Educational Technology; D017144:Focus Groups; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D011361:Professional Competence; D015397:Program Evaluation