In 2015, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation funded 8 medical schools with accelerated three-year MD programs to form the Consortium of Accelerated Medical Pathway Programs (CAMPP). The mission of CAMPP is to understand the logistical, financial, regulatory and competency concerns related to the formation of such programs. The Consortium now includes approximately 30 member schools that have produced a critical mass of graduates—learners who have transitioned to residency and to practice suggesting continued wide interest in expansion of these programs. Criticisms surrounding these programs includes the competence and readiness of graduates to enter residency.
This webinar session will discuss the key lessons learned from the development of an accelerated program guided by faculty who have considerable experience in designing and successfully implementing accelerated curricula. This session will describe the components that need to be considered when starting an accelerated program including the admissions model, curriculum development, student promotion and remediation, mentoring, partnering with residency programs, program evaluation and funding. The impact of a 3-year program in encouraging growth of primary care, reducing student debt, and enhancing the UME-to-GME continuum will also be discussed. Student outcome data including wellness and performance in residency will be presented. This webinar will be particularly informative for institutions interested in accelerated pathway medical education.
Presenter Bios
Dr. Joan Cangiarella, MD is the Senior Associate Dean for Education, Faculty and Academic Affairs at
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Director of the Accelerated Three-Year MD Pathway, Vice-Chair for Clinical Operations and Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology. As Senior Associate Dean for Education, Faculty and Academic Affairs, Dr. Cangiarella oversees faculty appointments, promotions, and tenure at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Dr. Cangiarella leads the Accelerated Three-Year MD Pathway and was a co-Principal Investigator for the Josiah Macy Foundation grant that created the Consortium of Medical Schools with Accelerated Pathway Programs (CAMPP). In this role, she leads a group of now 30 medical schools with three-year MD programs to establish best practices, assess outcomes of accelerated pathway programs and provide guidance to institutions considering the development of an accelerated pathway program. She has lectured nationally at the American Association of Medical Colleges meeting and at the Beyond Flexner Conference on Three-Year MD programs. She has also served as a content expert to medical schools considering the development of an accelerated medical pathway program. She was lead author on several recently published articles in Academic Medicine related to Accelerated Three Year MD Pathway programs.
In her Vice-Chair of Clinical Operations in the Department of Pathology she manages the anatomic and clinical laboratories at NYU-Langone Health. She has research interests in breast pathology and cytopathology and has authored over 120 papers, 17 book chapters and edited the book “Breast Cytohistology”.
Dr. Coe is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina. She serves as
the Director of the Fully Integrated Readiness for Service Training (FIRST) Program. The FIRST Program is an accelerated three-year medical school curriculum, linked to direct progression into a UNC-affiliated residency program, followed by three years of service to the state of North Carolina. Dr. Coe is also the Co-Director of the Patient Centered Care (PCC) Course, the introduction to clinical medicine for first- and second-year medical students. She also serves as the Associate Medical Director to the University Employee Occupational Health Clinic and is the Principal Investigator on several medical education grants.
Dr. Coe received her medical degree from the University of Washington and trained as a resident and Chief Resident at the University of North Carolina Family Medicine Residency Program. Her scholarly interests include workforce development, Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) to Graduate Medical Education (GME) continuum/ transition, competency-based assessments, and work-place assessments. Dr. Coe is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Board of Directors and also active in the American Medical Association (AMA) Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium.