News and Commentary
New Issue Brief on Education Strategies for Underserved Patients
We are pleased to announce our new series of issue briefs examining key areas of health professions education. Our first issue brief, released today on the Macy Foundation website, looks at improving...
Call for Applications: 2014 Macy Faculty Scholars Program
We are pleased to invite applications for our fourth class of Macy Faculty Scholars.
The Endowed Chair Legacy
In interviews—which will be published on this blog over the next several weeks—five leaders in medical education will provide insight into how endowed chair positions benefit individuals and institutions, and how they...
New Macy Report Profiles Early Experiences of Nation’s Newest Medical Schools
A new report released today highlights the motivating factors, challenges, and planning strategies faced by 15 of the newest U.S. medical schools and offers important lessons learned as they begin to enroll classes...
New Grants for Teaching Professionalism
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP) are pleased to announce this year’s winners of the 2013 Education and Training to Professionalism Initiative grant.
George Thibault on Online Medical Education
An explosion of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has fueled discussion about whether doctors, nurses and other health professionals could one day get their degrees online. Dr. Thibault discusses what this trend...
2013 Macy Faculty Scholars Selected
Please join us in congratulating our third class of Macy Faculty Scholars!