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Health Care Education and Training

Education and training can play a significant role in determining health care professionals' proficiency with the most recent interventions and technologies. Training programs and policies also have important implications for labor market issues in the health care sector. RAND examines how education and training relate to care delivery and quality of care throughout the health care industry.

Journal Article

Vision and Persistence: Changing the Education of Physicians Is Possible

In the 1960s, a new paradigm for training physicians emerged: one that combined clinical training and its focus on individual patients with a research training focused on studying the health of populations.

Jan 1, 2012
Report

Establishing a Research and Evaluation Capability for the Joint Medical Education and Training Campus

Using lessons learned from similar institutions, this monograph outlines the need for and scope of an office of institutional research to assist the joint medical education and training campus at Ft. Sam Houston in attaining its organizational goals.

Jun 9, 2011
Research Brief

Should the Joint Medical Education and Training Campus Have an Office of Institutional Research?

Two goals of the joint medical training and education campus at Ft. Sam Houston are to become a high-performing learning organization and an accredited, degree-granting institution. A research and evaluation capability would help it meet these goals.

Jun 9, 2011
Journal Article

Diagnostics as Essential Tools for Containing Antibacterial Resistance

Appropriate use of existing diagnostic tests for infections, and development of better ones, could reduce overuse of antibacterial drugs.

Apr 1, 2011
Research Brief

Developing Custodians of Care: Military Medical Leadership

The Military Health System faces a range of challenges, and effective leadership is key to meeting them. Approaches used by other organizations could guide improvements in how military health care leaders are selected, developed, and incentivized.

Feb 18, 2011
Report

Developing Military Health Care Leaders: Insights from the Military, Civilian, and Government Sectors

Lessons learned in the civilian and government sectors hold importance for transforming the way in which the Military Health System identifies and develops health care officers with high leadership potential for senior executive positions.

Feb 18, 2011
Journal Article

Facts, Facts, Facts: What Is a Physician to Do

This commentary argues that it is timely to reengage physicians in the discussion of international comparative data about health care and to ask why the United States is so provincial in designing the systems by which care is delivered.

Jan 1, 2011
Journal Article

A Model Health Care Delivery System for Medicaid

Combining the best elements of academic medical centers and community health centers could deliver high-quality, cost-effective care to low-income Americans while training the next generation of health care professionals.

Jan 1, 2011
News Release

Most Massachusetts Physician Groups Engaged in Improving Patient Experience, but Focus is Not on Physician Role

Most Massachusetts physician groups are using results from a statewide patient survey to help improve patient experiences, but a significant number are not making use of the information or are making relatively limited efforts.

Dec 20, 2010
Report

Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units

To learn how hospital labor and delivery units can achieve effective and sustainable teamwork practices and how much such practices affect staff experiences and patient outcomes, RAND researchers studied five units as they implemented improvements.

Oct 7, 2010
Research Brief

The Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Programs: The Impact of One State's Investment in the Health of its Residents

Summarizes results of RAND's evaluation of the progress and impact of Arkansas' antismoking and health programs established with its share of tobacco settlement funds.

Jun 23, 2010
Journal Article

Computers, the Internet and Medical Education in Africa

This study aimed to explore the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in undergraduate medical education in developing countries.

May 1, 2010
Journal Article

Most MA Physician Groups Engaged in Improving Patient Experience, but Focus Is Not on Physician Role

Most Massachusetts physician groups are using results from a statewide patient survey to help improve patient experiences, but a significant number are not making use of the information or are making relatively limited efforts.

Jan 1, 2010
Research Brief

Using Civilian Facilities to Maintain Military Medical Skills

To maintain relevant medical skills, some military medical personnel stationed at military treatment facilities could be stationed in civilian emergency rooms and trauma centers, where cases more closely resemble those found during deployment.

Aug 25, 2009
Research Brief

Enhancing Interoperability Among Enlisted Medical Personnel in the U.S. Military: A Case Study of Military Surgical Technologists

Air Force, Army, and Navy training programs for enlisted medical personnel are being consolidated to increase interoperability. A RAND methodology defines standards of practice across services and evaluates options for obtaining qualified personnel.

May 21, 2009
News Release

Limiting Work Hours For Medical Residents Could Cost $1.6 Billion Annually

New recommendations to limit the work hours of medical residents and improve their educational conditions could cost the nation's teaching hospitals about $1.6 billion annually to hire substitute workers, though society may benefit if such changes reduce medical errors as intended.

May 20, 2009
News Release

Drug Education Also Helps Curb Risky Sexual Behavior

School-based drug education programs for adolescents can have a long-term positive impact on sexual behavior in addition to curbing substance abuse.

Apr 29, 2009
Report

Enhancing Interoperability Among Enlisted Medical Personnel: A Case Study of Military Surgical Technologists

A methodology is outlined for defining a common standard of practice that can be applied to the surgical technologist specialty -- or any other medical specialty -- with the goal of consolidating training for enlisted military personnel across services.

Feb 26, 2009
Research Brief

Schools Not Sustaining Mental Health Aid to Children Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Despite strong initial efforts to support the mental health needs of students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many schools have not been able to fulfill students' mental health needs over the long term.

Oct 8, 2007
Journal Article

The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Health Over the Life-Course

SES impacts future health outcomes, although the primary influence is education and not an individual's financial resources.

Jan 1, 2007

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RAND Topic:
Health Care Education and Training

Topic Synonyms:
Medical Education and Training

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