Health Systems Science

Researchers recently examined the core components of a health systems science curriculum in undergraduate medical education. They found the following:

Core domains included health care structures and processes; health care policy, economics, and management; clinical informatics and health information technology; population and public health; value-based care; and health system improvement.

Cross-cutting domains included leadership and change agency; teamwork and interprofessional education; evidence-based medicine and practice; professionalism and ethics; and scholarship.

One linking domain was identified: systems thinking.

Gonzalo JD, Dekhtyar M, Starr SR, Borkan J, Brunett P, Fancher T, Green J, Grethlein SJ, Lai C, Lawson L, Monrad S, O'Sullivan P, Schwartz MD, Skochelak S.  Health Systems Science Curricula in Undergraduate Medical Education: Identifying and Defining a Potential Curricular Framework. Acad Med. 2017 Jan;92(1):123-131.  doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001177. PubMed PMID: 27049541.