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Why a Network for Physician Education?

THE PROBLEM
The Changing Health Care Environment

• Employers invest 1 to 2 years of training for new residency graduates.
• While some on-the-job training may always be necessary, there is a gap between the skills taught and those required for current practice environments.
• Many physicians in practice also lack these skills.
• There is no existing credible, accessible resource that provides high quality materials that teach these skills.

THE CHALLENGE
Creating Resources for Improving Training and Practice

• There is a need for a complete set of accessible curricular materials to teach skills for effective practice in health care systems.
• Teaching materials must be of high quality, based on sound educational principles, and be useful to physicians in busy clinical environments.
• Those who shape training programs and those who shape health delivery systems rarely interact.
• To address the gap in skills, there must be input from the two groups who have intimate knowledge and familiarity with issues of clinical training and practice.
• There are no good examples of effective partnerships between academia and health care systems.

THE NETWORK RESPONSE

• Create a source of high quality, peer-reviewed curricula to teach skills for practicing effectively in changing health care environments.
• Assure that curricular materials are shaped by individuals with an understanding of the issues and tailored to the realities of practice.
• Target curricular materials to physicians in training and practice.
• Model an exemplary partnership between physicians in academia and health care systems.