title: A new pathway for medical education.
abstract: Physician education in the United States must change to meet the primary care needs of a rapidly transforming health care delivery system. Yet medical schools continue to produce a disproportionate number of hospital-based specialists through a high-cost, time-intensive educational model. In response, the American Osteopathic Association and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine established a blue-ribbon commission to recommend changes needed to prepare primary care physicians for the evolving system. The commission recommends that medical schools, in collaboration with their graduate medical education partners, create a new education model that is based on achievement of competencies without a prescribed number of months of study and incorporates the knowledge and skills needed for a twenty-first-century primary care practice. The course of study would occur within a longitudinal clinical training environment that allows for seamless transition from medical school through residency training.
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.forename: Boyd R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.forename: Marc B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cymet
authors.forename: Joshua S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mintz
authors.forename: Karen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Nichols
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014481:United States
keywords: Health Professions Education; Health Reform; Physicians; Primary Care; Workforce Issues