Denise Bisaillon facilitates discussion on U.S. health care after viewing of ‘Escape Fire’

As part of a national initiative led by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Denise Bisaillon, Ed.D., associate professor in the School of Community and Population Health, facilitated a discussion with second-year medical students at the College of Osteopathic Medicine on the Biddeford campus after the film Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare was shown on both 51С»Æ³µcampuses on September 17, 2013.

There was a lively conversation after the film about the forces breaking down the U.S. health care system and the great need to turn to disease prevention rather than disease management.

This event was sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Interprofessional Education.


 

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