The non-profit organization Cost of Care has launched a new project designed to teach medical students and physicians about medical necessity, according to a news release.
Funded with a grant from the ABIM Foundation, Cost of Care has partnered with medical educators at Harvard Medical School and the University of Chicago to create a series of web-based videos and accompanying curricula that will initially engage trainees in graduate medical education programs. These videos will use clinical vignettes to illustrate core principles of cost-consideration, including how to communicate with patients about avoiding unnecessary care and reducing overused or misused tests and procedures.
The full-length training videos in the "Teaching Value" series are targeted for release beginning this summer and will focus on training both practicing physicians and residents in teaching hospitals, as well as students during third-year internal medicine clerkships.
For more information about the Teaching Value project, visit the Cost of Care website.
Funded with a grant from the ABIM Foundation, Cost of Care has partnered with medical educators at Harvard Medical School and the University of Chicago to create a series of web-based videos and accompanying curricula that will initially engage trainees in graduate medical education programs. These videos will use clinical vignettes to illustrate core principles of cost-consideration, including how to communicate with patients about avoiding unnecessary care and reducing overused or misused tests and procedures.
The full-length training videos in the "Teaching Value" series are targeted for release beginning this summer and will focus on training both practicing physicians and residents in teaching hospitals, as well as students during third-year internal medicine clerkships.
For more information about the Teaching Value project, visit the Cost of Care website.
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