The University of Michigan Medical School has won a $1.1 million grant from the American Medical Association to accelerate its major curriculum revision, officials announced Friday.<\/p>\n
U-M is one of 11 schools across the country to win the grant from the AMA in a competitive application process. The five-year grant is intended to promote change in medical education. <\/p>\n
Dr. Raj Mangrulkar <\/p>\n
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Mangrulkar said the Medical School does an outstanding job now in producing doctors with extensive scientific knowledge and clinical skills but society demands doctors that know how to work as a team and to lead change. <\/p>\n
We dont think we can change the health system not just U-M, but the national health system without changing our graduates, Mangrulkar said. <\/p>\n
Part of the new team-based health care model the Medical School is pursing in its curriculum includes a concept called M-Home. <\/p>\n
A group of 12 to 15 students would be assigned to work together in a learning community for the four years of their training at the Medical School. <\/p>\n
Each M-Home unit would be linked with a set of faculty advisers and mentors that would follow the students through their career at U-M. <\/p>\n
The M-Home concept seeks to change the way students interact with faculty advisers now, Mangrulkar said, explaining that a student at U-M typically encounters many different advisers that can frequently change. <\/p>\n
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