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Medical Education
Internal Medicine Clerkship of Our Future
Jennifer P. Kogan, MD, discusses the clerkship’s curricular content, educational experiences, and need for more differentiation in 20 years.
Training the Next Generation of Internists: Where Are We Headed?
Steven M. Weinberger, MD, predicts an upcoming shift in the training paradigm for internal medicine: translational education, teaching cost containment, and the balance of ambulatory- and inpatient-focused education.
Medical Research
The Future of Research in Departments of Internal Medicine
Allison L. Haupt discusses how to maintain internal medicine’s success in the research arena during the upcoming era of greater budget cuts, declining physician-scientists, and increasing demand for collaborative projects.
Quality and Safety
The Role of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in the Future
Mark L. Zeidel, MD, asserts that departments of internal medicine must lead in quality improvement and patient safety efforts by developing a culture of quality that animates all patient care and extends deeply into the teaching and research missions.
Quality, Safety, and Value: New Core Competencies for Departments of Internal Medicine
Robert M. Wachter, MD, examines the effects of pay for performance, public reporting, and quality and safety efforts in departments and hospitals.
Workforce
Creating Internal Medicine for the Year 2020
Mark Linzer, MD, reviews the impending challenges that will affect the workforce of the future, including part-time faculty, diversity, practice environment, and education redesign.
Leadership
A Letter from the Front Lines: What We Crave from Our Leaders
David Gary Smith, MD, provides frank advice and personal insight about the qualities the leaders of internal medicine will need to succeed in the future.
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