Community Oriented Primary Care New Directions for Health Services Delivery (1983) / Chapter Skim
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The Upper Peninsula Medical Education Program
The Upper Peninsula Medical Education Program
Pages 276-280
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Final authority and responsibility for all patient care activity conducted in the ambulatory care education centers ultimately devolved upon UPHEC, including the appointment of physicians to the medical staff, assurance of quality of patient care, and management of the patient care system. The concept of a remote medical education module required imaginative approaches and astute political sensitivity.
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Following completion of Part I National Boards, the students relocate in the Upper Peninsula, some 400 miles from the East Lansing campus, to complete their education. While many of the clerkships mirror those of more traditional curricula, there are a number of unique experiences designed to promote primary care and tO increase student familiarity with the ambulatory care setting.
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There is, in addition, a shift in emphasis toward the favoring of medical education programs that seek to encourage the redistribution of physicians to areas of greatest need and the motivation of physicians toward career choices in primary care. Since the Upper Peninsula Medical Education Program was designed specifically to address the health care policy priorities of the early 1970s, it is interesting to note how closely the characteristics and results of this program mirror current trends in public health policy, especially in the following areas: .
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(This network is described in some detail by Dr. Greep earlier in this report.)
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