2024 Annual Report

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As we close out 2024, we are exceedingly grateful for you: our friends and colleagues who are working to improve patients’ lives by optimizing the educational experiences of the future health professionals who will care for them, and, indeed, for all of us.

In her 2024 President’s Message, Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, reflects on the challenges and opportunities of 2024 and previews the exciting initiatives the Macy Foundation has planned for 2025. Read the full message here and share your feedback with us at president@macyfoundation.org.

2024 Highlights

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education: A Grants Program to Advance Innovation in Medical Education

In 2024, the Macy Foundation’s annual conference focused on AI in Medical Education and brought together a range of participants who engaged in intensive discussions to produce consensus recommendations for the field. These recommendations, along with a commissioned report, will be published in a special supplement of Academic Medicine in 2025. Because of the timeliness and importance of this topic area, the Macy Foundation launched “_Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education: A Grants Program to Advance Innovation in Medical Education.” Three chosen demonstration projects will each receive up to $200K over two years to describe, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies to integrate AI into medical education and advance our understanding of what the responsible, effective, and ethical use of AI in medical education will look like in the immediate future.

Disability Inclusion in Nursing Grants Program

The Macy Foundation announced a new grants program in 2024, Disability Inclusion in Nursing: A Grants Program to Advance Innovation and Systems Approaches for Nursing Education and Practice. Support for this grants program was provided in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program will fund projects that dismantle ableism in nursing education and practice and support diversity, equity, and belonging for nursing students with disabilities. Each of the projects chosen will be funded for three years with annual costs of up to $75K. The program’s Advisory Committee provided critical leadership throughout the development of this program and shared their perspectives on the rationale for the program and their hopes for its impact in a Macy Notes blog.

Catalyst Awards for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education

For the third awards cycle of the Catalyst Awards for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education, the Macy Foundation is partnering with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The project period has been extended to 18 months, and the award amount increased to $100K. The first two completed cycles have already demonstrated the potential of these awards to address all three of the Macy Foundation’s priority areas, make positive changes within their own learning environments, and develop important models that can be used by other programs and institutions. The seven inaugural Catalyst Awards were featured in a 2024 issue of Academic Medicine as case studies, along with six commissioned papers. Additionally, those project teams came together at a Macy-sponsored convening to present their work, share best practices, and learn from one another.

Macy Faculty Scholars

The Macy Faculty Scholars program continued to identify and nurture promising early-career educators in medicine and nursing, announcing the 2024 cohort of the Macy Faculty Scholars. The third season of the Vital Voices podcast also highlighted the 2023 cohort of Macy Faculty Scholars—six individuals working across disciplines to advance health professions education. Each Scholar shares their inspiring personal experiences and perspectives and how becoming a Scholar shaped the direction of their career and work. The series includes an introductory episode with Afaf Meleis, PhD, FAAN, LL, and Kelley Skeff, MD, PhD, two members of the Macy Faculty Scholars Program National Advisory Committee who have been with the program since its inception more than a decade ago.

Priority Areas

The Macy Faculty Scholars program continued to identify and nurture promising early-career educators in medicine and nursing, announcing the 2024 cohort of the Macy Faculty Scholars. The third season of the Vital Voices podcast also highlighted the 2023 cohort of Macy Faculty Scholars—six individuals working across disciplines to advance health professions education. Each Scholar shares their inspiring personal experiences and perspectives and how becoming a Scholar shaped the direction of their career and work. The series includes an introductory episode with Afaf Meleis, PhD, FAAN, LL, and Kelley Skeff, MD, PhD, two members of the Macy Faculty Scholars Program National Advisory Committee who have been with the program since its inception more than a decade ago.

$2.2M+

invested in 2024

34

institutions supported

In 2024, we invested more than $2.2 million in efforts to advance health professions education. This included grants to 34 institutions to support projects in our core priority areas.

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