Interprofessional Education - A Mandate for Today's Radiology Curriculum.

Interprofessional education (IPE) brings educators and learners from two or more health professions together in a collaborative learning environment, specifically assuring that learners function as a team to provide patient-centered care, with each team member contributing a unique perspective. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and the American Board of Radiology have endorsed interprofessional and team communication as essential core competencies. Radiology educators must understand, include, and optimize IPE in their pedagogy; as a specialty, radiology must innovate more interprofessional experiences for medical students, residents and other allied health professions.

Balancing clinical capacity with learner numbers.

Background: The number of learners in clinical settings is increasing as health professions schools increase enrollment in order to develop the future workforce. Too many learners in clinics and hospital wards could create overcrowded conditions and diminish patient and learner experiences. Based on data gathered from a literature review, we identified challenges and solutions to address the increasing numbers of learners in clinical settings.

Policy Change From the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Provides an Opportunity to Improve Medical Student Education and Recruit Community Preceptors.

As U.S. medical educators know, it has been exceedingly difficult over the past decade to train medical students to document in the electronic health record (EHR) yet remain compliant with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines.

The pediatrics primary care residency program at the University of North Carolina.

The Pediatrics Primary Care Residency Program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine will graduate its first class in 2014. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, this innovative program has a unique curriculum that offers several benefits, but sustainability of the program remains a challenge.