100 Years After Flexner: Medical Education Ushers In New Era of Reform

One hundred years ago, a scathing indictment of American medical schools known as the Flexner Report led to sweeping reforms in physician education. A century later, medical education is again in need of major change...

Med School Mapper: New Tool Illustrates Impact of Schools on Access to Primary Care

Last month, a unique medical school mapping tool launched to illustrate the impact schools have on their community. A project of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and developed by the Robert Graham Center for Policy...

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Launches First Faculty Scholars Program

To develop the next generation of national leaders in medical and nursing education, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation today unveiled a new funding initiative: the Macy Faculty Scholars Program. The Faculty Scholars...

Educating Nurses and Physicians: Toward New Horizons

I am pleased to share with you the report “Educating Nurses and Physicians: Toward New Horizons,” a summary of the June 2010 invitational conference hosted by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation...

Stephen Schoenbaum Joins the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation As Special Advisor to the President

New York City — The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, the only national foundation devoted solely to improving the education of health professionals, has named Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH as Special Advisor to the...

Applications for IMAP/Macy Foundation Grant Program Available

The Institute on Medicine as a Profession and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation have created a new initiative to provide five awards annually to educational programs in medical professionalism. We are looking to support...

Welcome from George E. Thibault, MD

Just as academic medicine is undergoing a dramatic transformation in how it teaches health professions students, we at the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation – the only national foundation solely dedicated to improving health...