Kaiser Permanente Thursday announced plans to open a medical school somewhere in Southern California in 2019.
The facility will be called the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Kaiser said in a statement from its headquarters in Oakland.
It said the school will redesign physician education around “strategic pillars” — high-quality care beyond traditional medical settings, collaboration and teamwork to inform treatment decisions, and addressing disparities in health.
“Opening a medical school and influencing physician education is based on our belief that the new models of care mean we must re-imagine how physicians are trained,” said Bernard J. Tyson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
“Kaiser Permanente has been a catalyst for change in care delivery, and we will be a catalyst in medical education, through the opening of the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine,” added Dr. Edward M. Ellison, executive medical director of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group.
Source: patch.com
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