Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded a $1 million grant by the American Medical Association as part of a program aimed at transforming the way the physicians of tomorrow are trained.
In all, 119 medical schools applied for funding through the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative. Penn State College of Medicine is one of just 11 medical schools across the United States – and the only school in Pennsylvania – to receive a grant.
The $1 million grant awarded to Penn State College of Medicine will be administered over five years. It will be used to create a new component in the medical education curriculum called Systems Based Learning in which students will serve as patient navigators. This will allow them to serve patients in a meaningful way during their education, preparing them to work within all aspects of the nation’s evolving health care system. These include hospital, home, skilled nursing, and community and social agencies.