Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Medical Education
Date Submitted: May 8, 2019
Open Peer Review Period: May 10, 2019 - Jun 17, 2019
Date Accepted: Jun 28, 2019
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Building a Medical Education Outcomes Center
ABSTRACT
Background:
Medical education and clinical data exist in multiple unconnected databases, resulting in three problems: 1) it is difficult to connect learner outcomes with patient outcomes; 2) learners cannot be easily tracked over time through the education-training-practice continuum; 3) no standard methodology ensures quality and privacy of the data.
Objective:
The purpose of this project was to develop a Medical Education Outcomes Center (MEOC) to integrate education data and to build a framework to standardize the intake and processing of requests for using these data.
Methods:
An inventory of over 100 data sources owned or utilized by the medical school was conducted, and nearly two dozen of these data sources have been vetted and integrated into MEOC. In addition, American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile data of University of Minnesota Medical School (UMMS) graduates were linked to data from the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry, to develop a mechanism to connect alumni practice data to education data.
Results:
Over 160 data requests have been fulfilled culminating in a range of outcomes analyses, including support of accreditation efforts. MEOC received data on 13,092 UMMS graduates in the AMA Physician Masterfile and could link 10,443 with NPI numbers and began to explore their practice demographics. Technical and operational work to expand MEOC continues. Next steps are to link educational data to clinical practice data through NPI numbers in order to assess the effectiveness of our medical education programs by the clinical outcomes of our graduates.
Conclusions:
MEOC provides a replicable framework to allow other schools to more effectively operate their programs and drive innovation. Clinical Trial: NA
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