A PRESCRIPTION TO ADVOCATE FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION REFORM

Graduate medical education: a proposal for reform.

Financing graduate medical education--mounting pressure for reform.

10.1056/nejmp1114236 nejm.org 1 Medicare’s investment in graduate medical education (GME), which currently totals $9.5 billion annually. They offer various prescriptions, including reducing federal support, developing new achievement measures for which GME programs should be held accountable, and seeking independent assessment of the governance and financing of training programs. The recommenda...

A proposal for reform of the structure and financing of primary care graduate medical education.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Accessible, high-quality, cost-effective health care systems are anchored in primary care, yet decreasing production from graduate medical education (GME) jeopardizes the primary care workforce and the nation's health. The GME Initiative recommends Congress (1) invigorates primary care physician (PCP) supply through GME benchmarking and enforcement by creating a workfo...

Graduate medical education.

Additional Documentation Applicants with postgraduate medical experience elsewhere must provide verification from the program director or supervisor. Documentation of PGY levels and actual months/years of credits fully granted to the applicant must be sent to the McGaw Medical Center residency program director before any interview, as required by affiliation agreements and residency review comm...

Reforming graduate medical education.

Because of the traditional subordination of education to service, graduate medical education (GME) in the United States has never realized its full educational potential. This article suggests 4 strategies for reasserting the primacy of education in GME: limit the number of patients house officers manage at one time, relieve the resident staff of noneducational chores, improve educational conte...