Conference on Interprofessional Education: April 1-3, 2012

This week, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation will convene health professions educators from 24 institutions across the country to discuss the design and implementation of interprofessional education (IPE). These leaders...

IPE At A Tipping Point

Scott Reeves, Director of the Center for Innovation in Interprofessional Healthcare Education at the University of California, San Francisco, believes IPE is at a tipping point. In this morning’s plenary session,...

Boosting Diversity In The Health Professions

Organizations with diverse leadership demonstrate cultural competence at all levels and inspire greater loyalty in diverse markets. But a recent article in Healthcare Finance News showed that less than 15 percent of...

Teaching Professionalism

In 2010, the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation and the Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP) jointly launched an initiative to teach professionalism to the next generation of physicians. Last year, five academic...

Scaling Up Interprofessional Education

In January, we awarded two new grants that will help lay the foundation for national implementation of interprofessional education.

Macy Launches LinkedIn Group, Fostering Discussion on Health Professions Education

We are pleased to introduce a new space for health professionals and educators to connect and collaborate with others in the field. We invite you to join the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation group on LinkedIn, the...

Faculty Scholars Webinar Recording Now Available

Eighty-five prospective applicants joined the January 26, 2012 webinar about the Faculty Scholars program. Content included an overview of the program, the application process, and a question and answer session. A...