IMPACcT | Medicine

Interprofessional Training. Better Patient Care.

The IMPACcT (Improving Patient Access, Care, and Cost through Training) is a program that provides trainees with a longitudinal, mentored primary care experience integrating education and clinical skills focused on patient-centered care, quality improvement, and population health in an interprofessional, team-based setting.

IMPACcT brings together trainees from six clinical professions:

Medicine (residents and medical students)
Nutrition
Pharmacy
Physician Assistant
Psychology
Social Work

The IMPACcT Training Experience

The IMPACcT training site is located at Northwell Health’s Division of General Internal Medicine core practice site at 865 Northern Blvd. in Great Neck, NY. As part of the four-year program, participants work alongside trainees and faculty from multiple professions to deliver care that is high-quality, cost-conscious, and patient-centered. In addition to interprofessional education and clinical care exposure, trainees have opportunities to participate in quality improvement projects, research projects, and curricular design.

Expanded Primary Care Curriculum

Trainees receive expanded education on nationally recognized, high-priority primary care topics. Core curriculum topics such as interprofessional education and leadership skills, behavioral health, and health care disparities are delivered through five half-day workshops offered over the course of the academic year. Curriculum subtopics such as asthma, diabetes, depression, obesity, pain management, and health literacy are delivered through concentrated didactic sessions offered twice weekly during clinical huddles. Sessions are facilitated and led by IMPACcT faculty and include an opportunity for trainees to share reflections and feedback.

Team-Based Clinical Care

Trainees participate in interprofessional, team-based clinical training in a designated patient-centered medical home, including clinical huddles focused on complex patient cases. Students are paired with General Internal Medicine faculty for the Initial Clinical Experience and participate in clinical sessions at the IMPACcT training site. During the Second 100 Weeks, students continue through the Advanced Clinical Experience Continuity Clinic with faculty in General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, or Family Medicine. Fourth-year opportunities include IMPACcT-related electives, community and public health, health policy, research, quality improvement, and medical education projects.

Career Mentoring and Guidance

Upon entry into IMPACcT, trainees are matched with IMPACcT and Initial Clinical Experience faculty who remain the trainees’ mentors throughout the program. Mentors and trainees hold regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings that include career mentorship. IMPACcT workshops include panel discussions on career opportunities within primary care as well as other fields, and trainees are by no means committing to a career in primary care by joining the program.

Contact Information

Lauren Block, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Medical School Track Director

Tiffany M. Jordan, MHEA, MSEd

Director of Curricular Initiatives

Email 516-463-7417

For questions about curriculular initiatives in general, please contact Tiffany Jordan directly – Tiffany.M.Jordan@hofstra.edu

FOR PROGRAM INQUIRIES

Tiffany Jordan, Director of Curricular Initiatives, can provide additional information on any of these programs.

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