Training for Health System Improvement: Emerging Lessons from Canadian and US Approaches to Embedded Fellowships.

Healthc Policy

Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Scientific Director (former), CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Montreal, QC.

Published: October 2019


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The benefits of supporting experiential learning for improved health and societal outcomes have been recognized in many countries. A number of funding organizations have developed competitive funding opportunities to support experiential learning in health system organizations outside of the traditional university setting. AcademyHealth in the US is an early innovator that pioneered the Delivery System Science Fellowship (DSSF) and inspired Canada's creation of the Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship program. The DSSF and HSI Fellowship have similar objectives: to improve the career readiness of doctorally prepared graduates and to build research capacity within health system organizations. However, the programs have taken different approaches to achieve these objectives and operate in different healthcare systems. This paper outlines the two models of embedded fellowships, analyzes their commonalities and differences, discusses lessons learned and suggests future directions for health services and policy research training.

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