“Instead of just thinking patients are not following up with their physicians or just not taking their medications, the HD program indirectly forced us to see the realities of medicine.” “That was important, because we were able to see the barriers to health care that we do not see in the hospital. “The HD program really helped students, prior to really experiencing clinical work, get an understanding of where the patients come from,” he said. (HMSOM)Ĭu said the program definitely had impact. Benedict Cu and Haley Jean Johnson at the graduation. The intention, Garrett said, was for the students - through experiences in the family’s home, community and health care settings - to gain a better understanding of the role community plays in health and well-being. Throughout their pursuit of the degree, students followed the health trajectories of individuals and families in locations around North Jersey, including Hackensack, Garfield, Paterson, Passaic, Bloomfield, Clifton, Nutley, Union City and West New York. It starts with the Human Dimension course students take throughout their schooling, Garrett said.įrom the first day of the degree program, this immersive, community-based experience links pairs of students to families in the community, with a focus on four domains of health: social, environmental, psychological and medical. You have to transform medical education - training, educating a new generation of physicians to really meet the needs of the health care system and of society in the future. “I believe you can’t transform health care unless you start at the beginning. “I think back to the vision that we had and how it always linked back to our mission: to transform health care. “This medical school has exceeded all of my wildest dreams and expectations,” the Hackensack Meridian Health CEO said. Thursday night’s graduation represented the crowning achievement of a nearly decadelong quest. Hearing all of this was a thrill for Bob Garrett. You really can’t go wrong with New Jersey.” Bob Garrett. “But, after being able to explore all the different areas, I’ve absolutely fallen in love with the Shore and the people here. “I had never been to New Jersey before,” Johnson said. Both will do their residencies in New Jersey, as will the 16 other graduates, helping the school fulfill one of his missions: battling the physician shortage in the state. Last year, the inaugural commencement ceremony featured the first 18 students from the inaugural class who graduated in the three-year track, then went on to residencies across the Hackensack Meridian Health network.Haley Jean Johnson and Benedict Cu are quick to admit that they were attracted to the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine because of the option of an accelerated - and cost-saving - three-year program.īut, on the day that they and 16 others became the first graduates of the school, they both said the program’s emphasis on getting out in the community - out where they could see the impact of the social determinants of health firsthand - helped them become better doctors.Īnd, even more, the introduction to New Jersey has both Johnson (a native of Minnesota) and Cu (a native of California) eager to start their careers here. Residency institutions for this year include: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. More than half of the graduates will serve residencies in Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals. “Sending such promising talented doctors out into the world to spread our culture of compassionate and humanistic care is what it is all about.” Jeffrey Boscamp, the interim dean of the school and a professor of pediatrics. “We are thrilled that this school’s impact continues to grow,” said Dr. “I am so proud of our graduates and know they will transform health care and always put patients at the center of their practice.’’ “We believe that to improve health care in America, we have to start in how we educate physicians, to teach them to focus on prevention as much as healing,’’ Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert C. The medical students came from the inaugural 2018 cohort of the medical school in a four-year program and the 2019 cohort, who finished their medical degree in an accelerated three-year program. The commencement’s keynote was delivered by Cornel West, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. NUTLEY, NJ - Following a June 8 commencement ceremony, 63 students from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine are now doctors and are beginning their residencies to start their careers.
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