NYU 3T
NYU 3T: Teaching, Technology,
Teamwork
New York University School of Medicine
New York University College of Nursing
Principal
Investigator: Marc M. Triola,
MD marc.triola@nyumc.org
Abstract: New York
University School of Medicine and New York University College of Nursing are
collaborating on a four year project funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
to support the development of NYU 3T:
Teaching, Technology, Teamwork, which will provide NYU medical and nursing
students with longitudinal exposure to a diverse patient population and
systematic interdisciplinary education in the competencies of team-based
care. This program will foster
collaborative learning between our nursing and medical students, and generate
the evidence base needed to inform the use of a technology-enhanced,
interdisciplinary curriculum to efficiently teach a large and diverse group of
healthcare learners. It will
leverage NYU’s current and evolving curricula, combined with innovative
web-based educational tools, to provide our learners with a longitudinal panel
of real and virtual ambulatory patients that serve as the exemplars by which
interdisciplinary teaching occurs.
This program will improve outcomes, through applied practice and
progressive mastery, in team-based care, cultural competencies, and the
management of health disparities among underserved populations.
The goals of NYU
3T are to:
- Improve
our academic responsiveness to today’s healthcare system by creating a physical
and virtual environment that fosters physicians and nurses working together,
which represents a paradigm shift in medical education.
- Develop a
well-tested curriculum for interdisciplinary team training of health
professionals.
- Design and
validate new methods and media for teaching students in schools for health
professions.
- Enhance
nursing and medical students’ cultural competencies and skills for managing
health disparities in order to prepare them to care for diverse and underserved
populations.
- Create a
large cadre of well-trained professionals competent in interdisciplinary team
skills.
Anticipated Benefits and Outcomes: For
medical and nursing students, this project will not replace any clinical
experiences; rather it affords them several key advantages:
- Continuity of learning across their years of
education, including simulated disease progression.
- Unique opportunities for interdisciplinary team
building including role-playing, working collaboratively in interdisciplinary
notes, and formulating problem and care plan lists.
- Integration of basic science and clinical medicine.
- Contextually sensitive learning links into other
comprehensive computer-based resources at NYU as well as the medical
literature.
- Mastery in taking care of diverse patients with varied
and continually changing needs.
- By the completion of the grant period, over 2,500
students will participate in some aspect of the program.
Conclusion: NYU 3T: Teaching, Technology, Teamwork addresses essential challenges facing health
education. With generous support
from the Macy Foundation, we have the resources necessary to build on our
previous knowledge and work to rapidly address these areas of urgent need. We anticipate that this work will have
tremendous and lasting effects throughout the healthcare education environment.