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ArticleMedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources2017

Teaching Health Care Policy: Using Panel Debate to Teach Residents About the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Mark A Hirsch, Vu Q C Nguyen, Nicholas S Wieczorek, Charles F Rhoads, Paul R Weaver

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Article in MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. A Citywide Collaboration to Expand Addiction Psychiatry Training: Development of a Multi-institution Fellowship Model.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mark A HirschSenior Scientist, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Carolinas Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Core Laboratory.
Vu Q C NguyenDirector, Stroke Program, University of North Carolina.
Nicholas S WieczorekPhysiatrist, Private Practice, Charlotte, NC.
Charles F RhoadsStaff Physiatrist, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Paul R WeaverIntern, Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The debate format has been infrequently used in resident education. We used the panel debate format as a tool to improve health care professionals' knowledge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Methods: Six physical medicine and rehabilitation resident physician debaters led a 60-minute panel debate about the PPACA. Outcome measures included a survey of the spectators with validated questions on physician attitudes towards health care reform in the US and open-ended questions regarding Americans' views on the US health care system. Results: Twenty-nine physician and nonphysician faculty and staff participated as spectators. Responses to the questions on attitudes toward reform of the health care system indicated that zero spectators rated the current US health care system (i.e., the PPACA) as "Excellent," 25% rated it as "Good," 42% "Average," 25% "Poor," and 8% "Failing." Half of the respondents indicated they support a US president who advocates making the US health care system more like those of other countries. The majority of respondents (89%) expressed the idea that the US does not have the best health care system in the world. Discussion: Approaching a topic as broad as health care reform with the debate format promoted knowledge, reflection, and interaction with both the opposing debaters and audience.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelHealth Care ReformHealth PolicyHumansInternship and ResidencyPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActPhysiciansSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesDebateHealth Care PolicyHealth Care ProfessionalHospital PhysicianPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActRehabilitation

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PMID30800856
PMCPMC6338139

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