A shift to ambulatory medical education in Israel

Summary Background:  The Council for Higher Education in Israel published an extensive report in 2007, calling for a significant increase of undergraduate medical education in Israel in ambulatory care settings. The objective of this article is to propose an action plan aimed at shifting undergradua...

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Published in:The clinical teacher 2010-06, Vol.7 (2), p.126-130
Main Authors: Karkabi, Khaled, Castel, Orit Cohen, Reis, Shmuel, Shvartzman, Pesach, Vinker, Shlomo, Lahad, Amnon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory Care - methods
Ambulatory Care - trends
Cooperative Behavior
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - organization & administration
Health Policy
Humans
Israel
Learning
Schools, Medical
Teaching - methods
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Summary:Summary Background:  The Council for Higher Education in Israel published an extensive report in 2007, calling for a significant increase of undergraduate medical education in Israel in ambulatory care settings. The objective of this article is to propose an action plan aimed at shifting undergraduate medical education in Israel towards ambulatory education. Context:  The main barriers to increasing ambulatory education in Israel are lack of academic recognition for teaching and excellence, conflict between patient care, income and teaching, lack of an adequate educational infrastructure and faculty in ambulatory care, and insufficient support and involvement of the health organisations. However, there is great potential for developing ambulatory education in Israel based on existing resources: Israel has a well‐established primary care network, has chronic disease management programmes, community‐based preventive medicine and health promotion activities, and an emerging structure for home, palliative and terminal care in the community. Innovation:  The proposed action plan presents a framework for enhancing ambulatory education in undergraduate medical education in Israel, and allows site‐specific adjustments according to the preferences, resources and capabilities of each of the four medical schools. Implications:  A national shift to ambulatory education in Israel can be implemented through the existing coordination mechanism of the four medical schools. A government funding policy that encourages the collaboration between four medical schools will be beneficial both in terms of resource utilisation and the engagement of other stakeholders. The recognition of community services and educational excellence can be advanced by establishing academies of teaching scholars.
ISSN:1743-4971
1743-498X
DOI:10.1111/j.1743-498X.2010.00353.x