Rather than only managing the symptoms, MedRAP provides tools to promote well-being and preemptively addresses problems that lead to stress and burnout.
“What Hurts the Physician Hurts the Patient” describes the MedRAP system in its entirety and details a clear path to implementation.
The MedRAP Facilitator Manual is a supplement to the book and provides step-by-step instructions for implementing individual topic sessions.
MedRAP responds to challenges common to medical training – such as a lack of effective communication, time management issues, and other onboarding difficulties – which are known to impact the quality of medical care.
Field-tested and proven for over two decades at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, MedRAP is now publicly available for the first time.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
- Accelerated transition into the hospital work environment
- Development of organizational communication and leadership skills
- Reduced physician stress and burnout
- Improved hospital and patient care efficiency
- Assistance in meeting multiple Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements
MedRAP is mutually beneficial for institutions and trainees. The benefits of improved
well-being and stress reduction for health care professionals mirror themselves in
corresponding institutional benefits of operational efficiencies and improved patient care.
well-being and stress reduction for health care professionals mirror themselves in
corresponding institutional benefits of operational efficiencies and improved patient care.
MEDICAL TRAINEE BENEFITS
MedRAP components teach professionalism explicitly and by example.
Participants are more likely to openly discuss and seek solutions for issues they encounter during their training, such as medical mistakes and problems on the hospital wards, when evaluators are not present.
MedRAP provides structured mentorship opportunities, so trainees benefit from strong, supportive, and consistent leadership and role modeling.
The MedRAP structure allows for early identification of trainees experiencing professional and personal difficulties and provides resources to assist them.
MEDICAL TRAINEE BENEFITS
INSTITUTIONAL BENEFITS
The Quality Improvement (QI) component of the program involves the entire health care team to facilitate collaboration and improve the efficiency of the hospital work environment and patient care.
Improving health care professionals’ well-being, organizational efficiency and communication skills ultimately impacts patient satisfaction.
The built-in feedback mechanisms inherent to MedRAP foster collaborative teamwork among medical trainees, faculty, and all health care team members.
Trainees receive information regarding best and most effective practices; collective knowledge is passed down from group leaders who serve as mentors.
MedRAP includes a leadership training component that positively impacts participants’ effectiveness as team leaders in the hospital work environment and thus patient care.
Milestones are addressed in the following competencies: interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, systems-based practice, practice-based learning and improvement, and patient care.
The positive work and training environment fostered by MedRAP means health care professionals are more likely to be successfully recruited and stay in their jobs longer.
Who else benefits?
MedRAP can be easily tailored to the needs of a wide range of health care trainees.
