Presenters: David P. Stevens, MD, Vice President for Healthcare Improvement, Association of American Medical Colleges; Walden Garriss, MD, MS, FAAP, FACP, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Medical Center; Susan Hata, MD, Vanderbilt Medical Center

    This session explores strategies for hastening improvement in chronic illness care and resident trainee education in academic health centers. It is anchored in knowledge gained from case studies of the multidisciplinary teams—physicians, nurses, managers, and residents—in the Academic Chronic Care Collaborative.
    After this presentation you will be able to:

• Describe implementation strategies to improve chronic illness care and resident training in academic health centers.
• Discuss how to harness the organizational and cultural drivers that are available in academic health centers.