Kaiser Permanente Student Information

Anna DePold Hohler, MD, FAANAssistant Dean for Clinical Site Developmentand Monica Parker-James, MSManager of Affiliate Relations

Kaiser Permanente• Officially designated as a branch campus of BUSM in 2015• One of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans, serving

more than 10 million members• Leaders in the use of technology to support health promotion,

disease prevention, care delivery and chronic disease management• Focus on efficiency and organized delivery – housing as many

services as possible under one roof• Students rotate at at KP Santa Clara and KP San Jose

• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (national, not-for-profit)

• Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (national, not-for-profit)

• Permanente Medical Groups (regional, for-profit)

Kaiser Patient Population

Principles of Permanente Medicine• Multispecialty group practice • Salaried physician self-governance and self management

• collective “autonomy” (acting with a sense of choice, willingness, and responsibility)

• stewardship • physician leadership

• Partnership with a nonprofit health plan• history of pre-payment (emphasis on prevention) • longitudinal population of accountability

• Data-driven, systems-based practices • Technologically enabled innovations in healthcare delivery • Mission includes clinical care, teaching, and research

Vision of Medical Education

“We are delighted to be able to offer our students the opportunity to work in an innovative and evidenced-based system that is committed to high-value, high-quality medical care.”

- Karen Antman, MD, BUSM dean and provost of the BU Medical Campus.

Shared Values

“When we saw the synergy of our commitment to education and to serve our communities, we realized this went well beyond practical benefit. This was clearly going to be a shared-values based relationship. This was something we had to make real.”

-Dr. Bruce Blumberg, Kaiser Director of Medical Education, Northern CA, commenting on the BUSM/KP Collaboration

Kaiser Permanente Branch Campus

The BUSM/Kaiser Permanente branch campus was established in 2015 to offer BUSM students the opportunity to train in one of the most technologically innovative health care systems in the country, and to expose students to Kaiser’s successful integrated health care delivery system.

Kaiser Clerkship SitesKaiser Permanente Medical Center San Jose: • Family Medicine• OB/GYN• Medicine• Psychiatry• Neurology

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Santa Clara: • Pediatrics• Surgery• Radiology

Distance Learning and KP QI Curriculum• 120+ Recorded didactic lectures• Didactics adjusted for time difference – students

participate via Skype• QI curriculum developed by Kaiser faculty delivered on

site in CA

Kaiser Campus Highlights• High volume and wide variety of cases• High level of student supported • Considerable direct attention and

teaching from attendings• Considerable autonomy and

participation, including driving camera and suturing in the OR

• Experience in a highly successful integrated health care delivery system

• KP-developed “Quality Improvement Innovations in Healthcare” curriculum

Current Student Reflections• “I scrubbed in on 7 cases in one day. I appreciate what a big deal

that is.”• “The support we’ve received here is incredible.”• “I feel like everyone here is truly invested in my education.”• “On my first day in L&D I felt like I was second assist – I was fully

in there.”• “I’ve had an attending sit with me for an hour and a half to explain

something to me.”

KP Faculty Reflections• “The students were fully

engaged from the start.”• “Student went above and

beyond.”• “They ask good questions.”• “They’re energetic,

prepared, and well read.”• “The students have

impressed our whole group.”• “They have a good fund of

knowledge.”• “They have demonstrated a

great work ethic.”

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