Today’s issue of Modern Healthcare features a column by George E. Thibault, M.D., President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, and Dr. Michael Johns, chancellor of Emory University in Atlanta and chair of the GME Policy Workgroup, in which they call for reform of graduate medical education (GME) financing. One of their proposals would create 3,000 entry-level GME positions in three specialties: adult primary care, general surgery, and psychiatry. They also call for more accountability in the way public money is spent educating the next generation of doctors.
“Our call for reform should come as no surprise,” they write. “All providers are increasingly being asked to become accountable for providing high-quality, safe, cost-effective care to a diverse population of patients. We should apply the same standard for how we train residents.”
The column draws upon recommendations made in a report by the GME Policy Workgroup, which is chaired by Dr. Johns and is co-sponsored by the Macy Foundation in cooperation with the Association of Academic Health Centers.
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