Future-ready education doesn’t just inform clinicians, it helps them truly connect with patients.
Is your independent medical education (IME) future-proof?
What if the future of IME wasn’t just about scientific updates, but about preparing clinicians to anchor their decisions in what truly matters to patients both in and outside the clinic?
Research reinforces this need, noting that shared decision-making is central to patient-centered care, yet it requires more than just presenting clinical options grounded in the latest science; it relies on meaningful dialogue, mutual understanding, and a shared foundation of knowledge¹.
This shared foundation is often missing. Without it, today’s education models risk becoming outdated. If IME continues to focus solely on clinical facts while sidelining patient values, it not only creates care disconnects—it limits the long-term relevance and utility of clinician learning.
Future-proofing IME means educating clinicians on how to have conversations about care that extend beyond treatment efficacy to include quality of life, functional independence, and individual goals. Without education that equips clinicians and patients to navigate these conversations, even the most advanced scientific breakthroughs may fail to meaningfully impact care.
At Medlive, we believe that a future-ready education model does more than inform—it should engage, empower, and transform the way clinicians and patients connect around emerging science.
That’s why we built Medlive Tethered—not as an incremental improvement, but as a next-generation IME solution that applies our Patient-Centered Education (PCE) methodology to drive cross-stakeholder understanding.
Medlive Tethered ensures that clinicians and patients begin with the same scientific foundation for informed decision-making. By offering parallel educational tracks and surfacing data on where perspectives align—or don’t—Medlive Tethered helps close communication gaps and foster deeper understanding across the care team.
At Medlive, our education is not just a static experience but part of an engagement-driven continuum, designed to foster real-world application of knowledge. Through interactive live and on-demand video experiences, we deliver education that is not only timely, but also designed to activate knowledge in context—ensuring that what’s learned leads to care that is genuinely patient-centered.
If IME is to stay relevant in the next five years, it must evolve now. How are you preparing for that shift? We’d love to hear your thoughts—reach out at hello@medlive.com.
About Patient-Centered Perspectives
Patient-Centered Perspectives is a new thought leadership series from Medlive, providing expert insights on the evolving role of education in improving patient care and clinical decision-making.
References
1. Elwyn, Glyn, et al. “A three-talk model for shared decision making: Multistage consultation process.” BMJ, 6 Nov. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j4891.
