Revolutionizing Peoria Medicine RPM What is RPM Revolutionizing

Revolutionizing Peoria Medicine RPM

What is RPM? Revolutionizing Peoria Medicine, or RPM, is the short name we’ve given to the process underway to transform The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.

Gearing up to become a Four-Year Medical School! Like the RPM acronym implies, we’re gearing up so we are ready for first year students and ready to transform the curriculum.

Why make Peoria a four-year medical school? Adding the first-year medical students (M 1 s) at Peoria will improve the educational experience for students, including: • Streamline curriculum across all four years; earlier clinical exposure • Improve student recruitment • Improve future physician retention • Better cohort development (current M 1 s have limited guidance from upperclassmen)

Why Did This Change? We have desired to be a four year school for some time. However, the transition was precipitated when the U of I Board of Trustees approved formation of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine. This new school in Urbana-Champaign will be geared toward medicine, engineering and entrepreneurship and the targeted date for its first class is 2018.

What is the transition plan? The Urbana-Champaign regional COM campus will be phased out by 2022, after fulfilling responsibilities to current students. The length of the Medical Scholars Program (the MD/Ph. D program) extends the time frame.

What is the Plan? In the fall of 2017, both Peoria and Rockford will welcome the first classes of M 1 s to their respective sites These M 1 students will have the “transformed” curriculum In fall 2017 we will also welcome the M 2 class to Peoria which will be the last class in the current curriculum.

How many students? • We expect about 55 first-year students. (Same as usual) • Total enrollment for M 1 -M 4 will average nearly 220 students (up from 185) in Peoria. • Rockford would have a similar number of students.

What needs to happen to accommodate the M 1 class in Peoria? Three primary things must take place: • Revamp the first/second year curriculum and prepare Peoria to deliver it • Renovate key facility space • Hire new faculty & staff And it all must take place in 16 months

What else is taking place now? The Perfect Storm A curricular transformation is occurring across all four years of medical education with the goal to implement the transformed curriculum in Peoria, Chicago and Rockford in 2017. Initial revisions in the preclinical years Revisions in clinical rotations will follow The LCME is coming in 2017 (Accrediting Body for Medical Schools).

• • Big City Medical Education, Small Town Living Multiple displays and monitors Group collaboration pods Ubiquitous network and wireless connections Cutting edge software and hardware to support advances in medical education

Anatomy - Second Floor B-Wing Big City Medical Education, Small Town Living

What will the curriculum look like? • Actively evolving • Integrated by topic area but building on an initial foundation block. • Blocks have same start and stop times on each campus • “Flipped Classroom” delivery model • Cross campus establishment of objectives, prereads/content and evaluations. • Campus’s can structure active learning to utilize unique resources and skill sets • Shortened M 1/M 2 year

Peoria Committees/Subcommittees INFRASTRUCTURE Curricular platforms Capital Improvements Faculty and staff recruitment Faculty development M 1 CURRICULUM RESTRUCTURING BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY CLINICAL EXPOSURE LCME NOTIFICATION AND APPROVALS PROGRAM EVALUATION ADVISING AND MENTORING MARKETING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

What changes will occur on the Peoria campus? The addition of first-year students requires anatomy education, including the use of cadavers. This will require extensive remodeling of a portion of the second floor B wing.

What changes will occur on our campus? The addition of first-year students requires an added classroom. Plan to expand A 200 -2 into the space currently utilized by the clinic (Clinic plans to move in spring). Will create an active learning space with technology, tables, microphones, etc.

Additional renovations Phase Two – Philanthropy dependent Create additional space for clinical skills Expand/equip with technology additional study rooms Reconfigure the A wing first floor

Where is the Money Coming From? • Money committed to operating costs • Construction/start-up related to bringing M 1 students • Other financial issues – New HVAC system needed (anticipated cost 2. 2 million) – State budget - ? 30% cut in funding? – Investment in IT infrastructure

Unique Attributes of Peoria • Healthcare is critical to local economy as well as to patient care • 18% of the Tri-County workforce is in healthcare

Unique Attributes of Peoria Clinical experiences - OSF

Unique Attributes of Peoria Clinical Experiences - OSF • • • 616 beds Level 1 trauma/tertiary/quaternary care Busiest helicopter system in the state 9 residencies – 5 fellowships Children’s Hospital Major St Jude affiliate

Unique Attributes of Peoria Clinical Experiences Unity Point Methodist

Unique Attributes of Peoria Clinical Experiences Unity Point Methodist • • 300 beds Tertiary Care 2 residencies (psychiatry/family medicine) Inpatient mental health

Unique Attributes of Peoria Jump

Unique Attributes of Peoria Jump 67, 000 square feet of space – opened in 2013 Extensive simulation opportunities Active standardized participant program Links to research and COE Utilized extensively – beginning in M 2 but more commonly in M 3 and M 4 • Innovative Curriculum – teamwork, professionalism, high value care, hand offs, etc. • • •

Unique attributes of Peoria Cancer Research Facility

Unique attributes of Peoria Cancer Research Facility • Building completed in 2011 • New leadership Dr. Bento Soares 2015 • Bench research focused in cancer, neurosciences (4 additional hires underway) • In addition research priorities are – Health Outcomes – Educational research particularly using simulation

Other Attributes we are proud of • Focus on students education, counseling and support • Committed core faculty supplemented by larger clinical faculty • Close collaborative relationship with our major academic affiliate hospitals

Challenges Demands on faculty time Number of learners Money State of Illinois Lots of concurrent change particularly for Peoria and Rockford • Over regulation • • •

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