If we expect there to be more clinician leaders innovating and advancing care delivery, we need to better equip physicians with skillsets beyond clinical care.
As far as making room for this stuff, I actually do think some of the memorizing of esoteric facts should be removed. In fact, the volume of information has grown so much, I think the way we learn and use information probably needs to be rethought even for stuff that is less esoteric. In the not so distant future, we will need to know how to feed machines information and use what is spit back to us rather than be processing the information ourselves.
Agreed - I can't imagine how the volume of medical information and knowledge itself has likely grown from when I graduated from medical school in 2013 to today. My guess is that curriculum (and standardized test) design has focused on adding new knowledge as we discover it, and has myopically avoided paring down or cutting out information that is no longer necessary or relevant.
Online courses through platforms like edX and Coursera are a great way to build discrete skills without having to commit to an entire degree or certificate program!
Every physician executive needs to be upskilling to learn to apply their medical knowledge in corporate settings.
Great point Cyrus. Do you have a few favorite edX or Coursera courses that you've taken, and that you feel have helped you transition from the exam room to the board room?
CS50 is a must for physicians who want to partner with engineers.
The Machine Learning specialization courses, taught by Andrew Ng, are an excellent way to get physicians to more confidently understand buzzwords that will no doubt be thrown around in greater frequency over the coming decade.
As far as making room for this stuff, I actually do think some of the memorizing of esoteric facts should be removed. In fact, the volume of information has grown so much, I think the way we learn and use information probably needs to be rethought even for stuff that is less esoteric. In the not so distant future, we will need to know how to feed machines information and use what is spit back to us rather than be processing the information ourselves.
Agreed - I can't imagine how the volume of medical information and knowledge itself has likely grown from when I graduated from medical school in 2013 to today. My guess is that curriculum (and standardized test) design has focused on adding new knowledge as we discover it, and has myopically avoided paring down or cutting out information that is no longer necessary or relevant.
Online courses through platforms like edX and Coursera are a great way to build discrete skills without having to commit to an entire degree or certificate program!
Every physician executive needs to be upskilling to learn to apply their medical knowledge in corporate settings.
Great point Cyrus. Do you have a few favorite edX or Coursera courses that you've taken, and that you feel have helped you transition from the exam room to the board room?
CS50 is a must for physicians who want to partner with engineers.
The Machine Learning specialization courses, taught by Andrew Ng, are an excellent way to get physicians to more confidently understand buzzwords that will no doubt be thrown around in greater frequency over the coming decade.