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Macy Notes: Commemorating Black History Month Blog Series
Throughout the month of February and in celebration of Black History Month, we are excited to feature—via the Macy Notes blog—the stories, experiences, and voices of learners who are underrepresented in the health...
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What’s Ahead for the Macy Foundation in 2024
Macy Foundation President Dr. Holly J. Humphrey shares what's ahead for the Macy Foundation in 2024
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Learning In and From High-Performing Interprofessional Teams
Last month, Macy Foundation President Dr. Holly J. Humphrey joined Maine Medical Center’s Interprofessional Partnership to Advance Care and Education (iPACE) retreat as their keynote speaker.
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To Think, Act, and Feel Like a Nurse—Why Professional Identity Formation Matters
What do beginning learners really know about the discipline they have chosen? In listening to nursing students over the years, it’s often a meaningful experience that leads them to choose professional nursing.
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World Mental Health Day: Mental Health Care for Children
October 10 marks World Mental Health Day—a day established more than 30 years ago to raise awareness about mental health with the goal of creating lasting change.
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Ensuring Fairness in Medical Education Assessment: Insights from Conferees
In this month’s Macy Notes, Holly J. Humphrey invited five Macy conferees to share their reactions to the following prompt: Please provide a concrete example of how the Ensuring Fairness in Medical Education...
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Disability Pride: Peril or Possibilities in Healthcare?
July is Disability Pride Month, an opportunity to celebrate the historic signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law; yet, 33 years later, we still have a long way to go.