Measuring Success
We measure our program's success based on the following categories:
- Student reaction: Student attitudes, morale and satisfaction across all four classes
- Preceptor reaction: Preceptor satisfaction with the program; number that would recommend it to a colleague
- Achievement of continuity: Number of continuity visits per student before and after the ECMH program
- Ability to track outcomes: Quality metric tracking across sites and over time (number of NQF measures); improvement over time
- Information technology/EHR impact: Number of students with read/write and remote access to EHR at their site
- Educational scholarship: Number of student posters, presentations and manuscripts created
- Patient reaction: Number of patients recruited or empanelled and their questionnaire responses
- PCMH transformation: Number of preceptors or sites applying for NCQA recognition as a result of the project
- Educational outcomes: Comparing ECMH to traditional track knowledge, skills and attitudes using MCQ items, OSCEs, USMLEs, clinical performance evaluations and clerkship grades