Attendees browse a poster session at "Rethinking the UME-GME Consortium," a conference hosted last July by 黑料福利社 School of Medicine and the Consortium of Accelerated Medical Pathway Programs. The conference convened more than 50 deans and other leaders from medical schools nationwide.
Photo: Karsten Moran
Few experiences are more stressful in the life of a doctor than making the leap from medical school to residency. 鈥淩ight now, the model is that you finish medical school, and even though your education continues, there is no coherent transition to residency,鈥 says , vice dean for education, faculty, and academic affairs, and chair of the . 鈥淭he freshly minted graduate essentially starts all over again, with little attention to building upon that individual鈥檚 particular knowledge and skills.鈥
Can medical schools make that transition easier? What is the transition to residency like for accelerated learners? And how do we know that we have trained the best doctors possible, whether they have completed three or four years of me