APT Conference 2014

2. ACOM update:
• Grand Opening: July 2013, Class 162
• August 2014: Second class : 320
• September 2014 : Interview cycle, 15%
increase over year 1, 21% over year 2,
Projected # of applicants : 3500 to 4000
• Clerkships across Alabama and beyond:
August of 2015
• Partnerships: Troy, UAB, Research Launch,
New GME
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5. Barriers to Telehealth:
• Is it only technology?
• How can medical education integrate with
telehealth?
• Gaining acceptance with the health care
providers?
• Classical medical-psychiatric model success?
• Role of mid-level providers?
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6. An “Eye Opening Experience” in
Telehealth
• Place: San Bernardino County California
• Year: 2000
• Tri-City Mental Health
• Terry: executive director, magician with
Grants, LCSW
• Distance barrier: County the size of Rhode
Island
• Psychiatrist model failure: outpatient and ED
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7. Medical Center/University Health
Science Center
• Barrier: patients expected to come to medical
center, distance & time & transportation
• Who expects it? Physicians
• New model: SAMC medical outreach falls
short
• Next step: San Bernardino model and others
at this conference
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8. Changing Physician Culture/Barriers?
• Age of physicians: “old” equals hands-on &
face to face
• Technology use in medical school training:
paperless curriculum and learning resources
(onset of student contribution)
• Years 1 and 2: Pt actor based training and
testing and learning
• Years 3 and 4: Shrinking the State of Alabama
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9. Application of Video Conferencing
Units to the Medical School
• Change in technology and cost: Tri-city Mental
Health, San Bernadino, dependence on high
cost and T-1 line: Lack of true high definition
visual and audio
• Adjunct equipment: otoscope, derm scope,
cardiac auscultation (teaching unit)
• What specialties are perfect for VCU?
• Delivery in high definition
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11. Pilot Program for combining med-ed
and clinical care
• International Clerkship elective: Year 4
• Previous barrier to Faculty delivery
• Current solution: Send faculty with students
• Future innovation: Lap-top or Mini-I-Pad with
morning report from Nicaragua to ACOM
Small Group Room,
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12. Closing
• Questions?
• Comments?
• Ideas?
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