The purpose of this special article is to describe a new, 4-year Science of Health Care Delivery curriculum at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, including curricular content and structure, methods for instruction, partnership with Arizona State University, and implementation challenges. This curriculum is intended to ensure that graduating medical students enter residency prepared to train and eventually practice within person-centered, community- and population-oriented, science-driven, collaborative care teams delivering high-value care. A Science of Health Care Delivery curriculum in undergraduate medical education is necessary to successfully prepare physicians so as to ensure the best clinical outcomes and patient experience of care, at the lowest cost.
Keywords: ACGME, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; ASU, Arizona State University; EBM, evidence-based medicine; HSS, health systems science; HVCC, high-value, cost-conscious; MCSM, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine; SDM, shared decision making; SHCD, science of health care delivery.