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MED STUDENTS UNPLUGGED TOP QUALITIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PATIENT-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIPS HISTORY OF PHYSICIAN/PATIENT RELATIONS AFFORDABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS STUDENTS ARE STILL PERPLEXED WHEN IT COMES TO ACOS* AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MED STUDENTS ARE SPLIT ON THE EFFECTS OF THE ACA PATIENT • Honesty/Candor • Be engaged • Ability to follow instructions PHYSICIAN • Good communicator • Sound judgment • Intelligence • Empathy VS VS DIGITAL OMNIVORE A NEW ERA Digital omnivore (n): a person who uses a tablet, smartphone and computer routinely in a professional or academic capacity. IT’S A BIRD IT’S A PLANE... Physicians already have the ability to heal. Which bonus super power would med students choose to use as a physician? 5 TH CENTURY B.C. Hippocratic Oath - The Birth of Medical Ethics 1100 Brewers practiced surgery, abbots delivered babies and false healers peddled their wares 1800S Family doctors make house calls 21ST CENTURY Clinical practice increasingly impersonal and hurried FELT UNINFORMED ABOUT ACOS IN 2011 76 % FEEL UNINFORMED ABOUT ACOS IN 2013 72 % 52 % LESS TIME WITH PATIENTS 34 % LOSS OF CLINICAL AUTONOMY 45 % EXPANDED PATIENT COVERAGE 46 % PRACTICING MORE PREVENTATIVE CARE ABILITY TO SEE THE FUTURE TELEPATHY SUPER STRENGTH TELEKINESIS X-RAY VISION 53 % 23 % 13 % 8 % 3 % 54 % OF MED STUDENTS USE A TABLET IN TRAINING 31 % INCREASE IN TABLET USE SINCE 2012 44 % OF U.S. MEDICAL STUDENTS ARE DIGITAL OMNIVORES Spent by Med Students in lectures, labs, clinical studies and patient care during 4 years of med school 9,000 HRS PATIENT-CENTERED CARE THE NEW NORM of students are likely to practice patient-centered care 72 % *ACO data also includes Meaningful Use. Sources: AAFP; Getz F. Medicine in the English Middle Ages. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; 1998:19.
