Grants
Below are major grants that have been awarded to the Health System Science Office in the last 10 years.
American Medical Association (AMA) Accelerating Change in Medical Education (ACE) grant
Project Title: Reconceptualizing Medical Education: Health Systems, Medical Sciences and Clinical Care as a Fundamental Curriculum Triad
$1,000,000 awarded over a five year period from 2013-2018.
Principal Investigator: Terry Wolpaw, MD, MHPE; Co-PI: Jed Gonzalo, MD, MSc
Project Summary: Penn State’s project aim was successful in collaborating with its health system leaders to design educational experiences that aligned medical education with health system needs. Its Systems Navigation Curriculum (SyNC) which launched in August 2014 and includes a Science of Health Systems first and second year undergraduate medical education course, pairs medical students with immersive clinical experiences. The course threads evidence-based medicine, and teamwork and leadership throughout its eight health systems modules.
Learn more about the AMA ACE initiative
American Medical Association (AMA) Reimagining Residency grant
Project Title: Developing Residents as Systems Citizens: The Systems-Based Practice Competency for the 21st-Century Health Care System
Principal Investigator: Ami DeWaters, MD, MSc, Director, Health Systems Science Education
$1,750,000 awarded over a five year period from 2020-2025 (with a no cost extension through June 2026)
Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Geisinger, Allegheny Health Network
Project description: The Developing Residents as Systems Citizens project aims to evolve the Systems-Based Practice (SBP) competency through implementation and dissemination into GME programs as well as across the educational continuum. Led by Pennsylvania State College of Medicine in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, Geisinger and the Allegheny Health Network, the goal of the project is to development residents into systems citizens who are prepared to contribute to the evolving systems of care and the construction of clinical learning environments that foster such development.
Progress to date:
- Concept work and qualitative methodologies to inform the concept of a systems citizen
- Multi-institutional study to identify resident/faculty perceptions of their responsibility and skills in SBP
- Qualitative interviews with nurses, physicians and residents to examine the root challenges with operationalizing SBP
- Consultation with 24 GME programs across four health systems to assess SBP at the GME program level and their readiness for change
- Compilation and review of the collective studies and research to inform the foundation for the work of “clinical systems accelerator” roles and institution-specific teams that will use design thinking to pursue change within clinical learning environments and GME programs
- Initiation at all four network institutions of SBP-focused pilots using design thinking
Learn more about the AMA Reimagining Residency initiative
