Politics and Graduate Medical Education in Internal Medicine: A Dynamic Landscape.
The promotion of change and growth within medical education is oftentimes the result of a complex mix of societal, cultural and economic forces. Graduate medical education in internal medicine is not immune to these forces. Several entities and organizations can be identified as having a major influence on internal medicine training and graduate medical education as a whole. We have reviewed how this is effectively accomplished through these entities and organizations. The result is a constantly changing and dynamic landscape for internal medicine training.
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Richard M
RM
Wardrop
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Electronic address: lee_berkowitz@med.unc.edu.
Lee R
LR
Berkowitz
D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D011057:Politics
Education redesign; Graduate medical education financing; Internal medicine training; Patient safety; Physician wellness