In “Transforming an educational ecosystem for substance use disorders: A multi-modal model for continuous curricular improvement and institutional change” authors elaborate the construct and process of “educational ecosystem transformation” as a tool for the evolution of the educational ecosystem and its situated curriculum that will eventually drive the enrichment of the healthcare workforce. Drawing from traditional models of curriculum development, recent work on transforming the hidden curriculum, the clinical learning environment, and change management strategies, this new approach uses a health equity and structural competence lens to interrogate and deconstruct a learning system in order to identify opportunities to change, strengthen, and deepen a learner’s experience around a specific topic.

This commentary comes from Jason M. Satterfield, PhD; Karen Werder , PhD, PMHNP-BC; Stephanie Reynolds, MPH; Irina Kryzhanovskaya, MD; and Alexa Colgrove Curtis, PhD, MPH, FNP, PMHNP.

This commentary is new to SAj, published September 2, 2022. You can read it now in SAj Volume 43, Issue 1 or online.

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