@article{10.22454/FamMed.2023.914274,
author = {Taylor, Jennifer D. and King, Jalysa},
title = {Enhancing Medical Students’ Understanding of Team-Based Care to Address Social Determinants of Health: A Case-Based Experience},
journal = {Family Medicine},
volume = {56},
number = {1},
year = {2024},
month = {1},
pages = {38-41},
doi = {10.22454/FamMed.2023.914274},
abstract = {Background and Objectives: Social and structural factors play a critical role in driving inequitable health outcomes, resulting in the need for undergraduate medical education to include important care components such as team-based care to address social determinants of health. Research shows that learning strategies such as case-based initiatives are valuable opportunities to impact knowledge of population health, health disparities, and social determinants that impact care. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a clinical case-based experience on medical students’ self-efficacy and future intent to use the team-based care necessary to address social determinants of health.
Methods: We used a retrospective analysis of program data from 640 third-year medical students who engaged in a case-based experience and small-group debriefing around the impact of team-based care and social determinants of health on patient care during their family medicine clerkship between July 2020 and April 2022.
Results: We found a statistically significant improvement in students’ reported self-efficacy and intent to collaborate with other health care workers (team-based care) to address patient care needs in rural and urban underserved community settings.
Conclusions: Our students reported that a case-based experience coupled with a small-group debriefing was an effective method for teaching them how to use a team-based approach to address social determinants of health.},
URL = {https://journals.stfm.org//familymedicine/2024/january/taylor-0440/},
eprint = {https://journals.stfm.org//media/drtdgge4/taylor0440docx-2024-01-09-22-20.pdf},
}