Accepted Type
Oral
Code
OA3-3-2
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Resident
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
Implementation of a pilot financial/practice management curriculum in a family medicine training program
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Throughout residency, trainees must make many financially important decisions. Despite this, very few training programs provide formal education for residents around financial literacy, an important component of practice management. The purpose of the project was to implement a practice management and financial literacy curriculum.
Summary of the Innovation
A survey with a five-point Likert scale and multiple focus group interviews were conducted to evaluate the needs of the family medicine cohort during the 2019-2020 academic year at Western University. A pilot curriculum was then implemented during the spring term, and was followed by a post-intervention survey. The core concepts for the practice management curriculum included transition to practice, financial planning, billing, and family practice models. The curriculum framework was delivered by family physicians, with a combination of didactic lectures and panel discussions.
Conclusion
46 participants surveyed prior to the intervention indicated a value of 2.89/5 for their comfort level with how the program had prepared them for practice management. Key themes generated from the qualitative survey included a lack of comfort with their own knowledge, a lack of financial education provided by the residency program, and a strong belief that the program should provide training in financial education and practice management. Following the implementation of the curriculum, the comfort level for participants improved to 3.15/5 indicating a self-perceived need for practice management and financial literacy education among family medicine residents. These findings will aid in the continual evolution of a practice management/financial literacy curriculum for other residency programs.
Keyword 1
Practice Management
Keyword 2
Family Medicine Residency
Keyword 3
Curriculum Development
Level of Training
Post Graduate
Abstract Themes
Teaching and learning
Teaching and Learning
- General
- Lectures
Additional Theme (First choice)
Postgraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Professionalism
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Matthew Lee
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
