‘Caring With Compassion’ is free to the medical community
Philadelphia, March 26, 2019 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released Caring With Compassion, a free online learning activity focusing on care for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.
“Caring with Compassion helps clinicians and educators use team-based skills and bio-psychosocial models of care to provide personalized care for at-risk patients, including homeless, uninsured, and underserved patients,” said Davoren Chick, MD, FACP, ACP’s senior vice president of medical education.
The curriculum is designed to support independent, self-directed learning through three main components: online modules, a learning game called "Care Consequences," and a collection of implementation resources.
“Caring With Compassion supports core knowledge regarding social determinants of health, the U.S. public health care system, effective team-based care, and biomedical conditions that disproportionately affect homeless persons.” Dr. Chick said.
The new learning activity reflects ACP’s policy paper, “Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Patient Care and Promote Health Equity,” which addresses ways to improve patient care and health outcomes, and to overcome the special challenges associated with adverse conditions in which people are born, grow, work, and live.
Caring With Compassion is free to the medical community. ACP members are eligible for free CME after completing the activity. Users must create a personal account for the site, which provides each user with an individualized learning dashboard. Educators may access a complete instructor’s guide, and additional resources include a clinical application tool.
About the American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians is the largest medical specialty organization in the United States with members in more than 145 countries worldwide. ACP membership includes 154,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students. Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. Follow ACP on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.