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Abigail Geisinger Primary Care Scholars: An Innovative Educational Program Addressing Critical Workforce Needs

The number of primary care physicians in the United States is inadequate to meet current or projected needs. This is likely exacerbated by continuing increases in the cost of medical education and student debt. The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is part of an integrated care delivery syst...

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Autores principales: Scheinman, Steven J, Adonizio, Tanja, Schmude, Michelle, Jeffries, William, Hartle, J Edward, Byerley, Julie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37362584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23821205231184033
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author Scheinman, Steven J
Adonizio, Tanja
Schmude, Michelle
Jeffries, William
Hartle, J Edward
Byerley, Julie
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Jeffries, William
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description The number of primary care physicians in the United States is inadequate to meet current or projected needs. This is likely exacerbated by continuing increases in the cost of medical education and student debt. The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is part of an integrated care delivery system in which primary care is central to managing health, improving access, and advancing value-based care. The need for primary care providers and psychiatrists is difficult to meet despite generous recruiting incentives. To address this, the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program (AGSP) represents a novel curricular approach linked with the provision of full tuition and fees and a living stipend to students who commit to work at Geisinger in primary care or psychiatry following residency. The support is provided as a forgivable loan. The program features preferential clinical placements, curricular enhancements, and celebration of the dedicated cohort. Fair and nonpunitive provisions allow students to opt-out. The AGSP supports 45 students in each class of 115. Outcomes monitored include withdrawals from the AGSP; academic performance of participants and their satisfaction with the program; the number who choose to repay the loan rather than fulfill the service obligation; the percentage who remain at Geisinger and in primary care following the period of obligation; and other measures. This model offers an attractive opportunity for students to experience a curriculum enhanced in primary care while receiving generous financing for their medical education. It bolsters the primary care physician workforce and aligns care delivery with new financing models.
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spelling pubmed-102862032023-06-23 Abigail Geisinger Primary Care Scholars: An Innovative Educational Program Addressing Critical Workforce Needs Scheinman, Steven J Adonizio, Tanja Schmude, Michelle Jeffries, William Hartle, J Edward Byerley, Julie J Med Educ Curric Dev Perspective The number of primary care physicians in the United States is inadequate to meet current or projected needs. This is likely exacerbated by continuing increases in the cost of medical education and student debt. The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is part of an integrated care delivery system in which primary care is central to managing health, improving access, and advancing value-based care. The need for primary care providers and psychiatrists is difficult to meet despite generous recruiting incentives. To address this, the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program (AGSP) represents a novel curricular approach linked with the provision of full tuition and fees and a living stipend to students who commit to work at Geisinger in primary care or psychiatry following residency. The support is provided as a forgivable loan. The program features preferential clinical placements, curricular enhancements, and celebration of the dedicated cohort. Fair and nonpunitive provisions allow students to opt-out. The AGSP supports 45 students in each class of 115. Outcomes monitored include withdrawals from the AGSP; academic performance of participants and their satisfaction with the program; the number who choose to repay the loan rather than fulfill the service obligation; the percentage who remain at Geisinger and in primary care following the period of obligation; and other measures. This model offers an attractive opportunity for students to experience a curriculum enhanced in primary care while receiving generous financing for their medical education. It bolsters the primary care physician workforce and aligns care delivery with new financing models. SAGE Publications 2023-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10286203/ /pubmed/37362584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23821205231184033 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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