Health Systems Science Education: Development and Implementation

Maya Hammoud, MD, MBA, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Medical Education at the University of Michigan Medical School, and the AMA's special adviser on medical education innovation. She is a fellow ACOG and past president of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO). Dr. Jed Gonzalo is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences and Associate Dean for Health Systems Education. He oversees the design of curricula related to the emerging field of health systems science, which prepares physicians for evolving health systems. Gonzalo is funded by the AMA "Accelerating Change in Medical Education” initiative, has 39 peer-reviewed publications related to medical education and clinical research, and is one of the authors our AMA Health Systems Science text. In his first five years as a member of the Penn State faculty, Gonzalo has been awarded seven education awards. He also won the National Society of General Internal Medicine Scholarship in Medical Education Award in 2016.

• 1. Getting Started: General Considerations for Health Systems Science Implementation2. Health Systems Science Competencies in Medical Education3. Health Systems Science Implementation in Pre-clerkship Curricula4. Health Systems Science Implementation in the Clinical Learning Environment: Undergraduate Medical Education5. Health Systems Science Implementation in Graduate Medical Education6. The Role of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice in Health Systems Science Curricula7. Sustainability in a Health Systems Science Program: Assessment, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement