AMA September 18, 2020
Health systems science (HSS) is a framework for medical education that comprehensively pulls together different learning areas into a single, unified whole. The goal is to be able to teach medical students and acting physicians how to care for patients “in a holistic and synergetic” way.
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That explanation came from Jed Gonzalo, MD, associate dean of health systems education and a professor in the Department of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. The need for HSS has been present for decades, yet it has often been hard for students to conceptualize...