News alert: Medical education is changing!

Dylan Masters, MD, Anesthesia Resident at UCSF and Macy Conferee, discusses the recent conference on competency-based, time-variable health professions education.

Lessons Learned: Building a Competency-Based Medical Education Pilot

“The road to this point has been both fun and at times challenging. For the learners in the program and the many faculty who have participated, they would argue the journey is well worth it.”

The Macy Awards for Excellence in Social Mission: Your Opportunity to Celebrate Your Colleagues

Claire Pomeroy and Leigh Anne Butler discuss the significance of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s Awards for Excellence in Social Mission in Health Professions Education and invite nominations for the awards.

The Importance of Having a Strong Social Mission

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) was the first institution to receive the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Award for Institutional Excellence in Social Mission. We spoke with Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, president and...

Macy’s 2015 Scholar Class Takes a Look Back

As their tenure ends, the 2015 class reflects on what the program has meant to each of them and how it has impacted their careers.

Managing Implicit Bias for Better Health Outcomes

Cristina M. Gonzalez, MD, MEd, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses how implicit bias sometimes plays into medical decision-making and how health professions education can manage its impact.

Partnering to Reclaim the Core of Care

In April 2014, the Macy Foundation convened an extraordinary group of thought leaders to recommend strategies for “Partnering with Patients, Families, and Communities to Link Interprofessional Practice and Education.”...