Assessing Learning Outcomes of a Novel Health Equity Module Among Residents at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Abstract

To combat the issues of social inequity and health outcomes disparity at the graduate medical education level, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) developed a novel health equity e-learning module that was assigned to all incoming VUMC residents during 2021 orientation. The project, “Goals of Life and Learning Delineated” (GOL2D), is a joint venture funded by the American Medical Association's Reimagining Residency grant. The purpose of this investigation is to cultivate a research-informed approach to assessing resident learning outcomes as they pertain to the e-learning module with the larger goal of readiness for practice in today’s diverse and complex health systems.