Evolution of a training program in use of electronic medical records: Towards efficiency and quality scale-up

the development of equitable, long-term partnerships with local health systems. During our two-year program, HEAL fellows provide clinical service while rotating between an underserved domestic site and an underserved international site in either Haiti, Liberia, India, or Mexico. At each location, fellows work closely with local counterparts selected by our partner organizations, engaging in a curriculum that teaches core components of global health delivery, including project management, leadership, diseases of poverty, social determinants of health, quality improvement, monitoring and evaluation, and faculty development. In addition, both fellows and their counterparts will obtain an online Master of Public Health (MPH) as part of their training. Outcomes & Evaluation: Since the HEAL Initiative will launch in July of 2015, we do not yet have outcomes for the fellowship. However, we plan to implement a rigorous evaluation structure to assess the skill sets of our fellows and the impact the program’s retention of quality health care professionals within resource-limited settings. Going Forward: As with all innovative educational programs, there are unanswered questions about the ideal structure and content of our curriculum. We anticipate a learning curve with our first cohort of fellows. Given our goal of training an interprofessional cohort, we plan on expanding recruitment in the future to include nurses and pharmacists in addition to physicians. Funding: Funding will come from partner site contributions and philanthropy. Our model is designed to be financially sustainable in three years. Abstract #: 02ETC003