News and Commentary
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Social Mission and Equity in Nursing Education: Celebrating National Nurses Month with Brigit Carter, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN
This May, we join the nation in celebrating our nursing colleagues during National Nurses Month.
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Providing Patient-Centered Care for Older Americans, and Teaching the Next Generation to do the Same: An Interview with Dr. Helen Fernandez
In this edition of Macy Notes, we recognize and celebrate Older Americans Month by speaking with Dr. Fernandez, a highly respected and accomplished geriatrician and educator at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
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Healthcare in the Anthropocene: the Role of Medical Education in the Climate Crisis
For decades, talk of climate change conjured up images of melting icebergs and bleached coral, tragic yet removed from the everyday human experience. Recently, however, the human health threat posed by global warming...
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A Vision of Gender Equity: Celebrating the Launch of the GEMS Alliance
As we celebrate Women’s History Month this March, we are delighted to welcome guest authors Jeanette Mladenovic, MD, MBA, and the executive board from the Gender in Equity in academic Medicine and Science (GEMS)...
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Bridging Public Health and Health Care to Accelerate Change: An Interview with Dr. Michelle Morse on Advancing Racial Equity
Our recognition of Black History Month and its theme of Black Health and Wellness continues this month with an interview with Michelle Morse, MD, MPH, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s...
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Creating a Learning Environment Where All are Welcome: Drs. Dowin Boatright and Nientara Anderson Discuss a Roadmap for Diversity in Medicine
In recognition and celebration of Black History Month and this year’s theme of Black Health and Wellness, and in continuing with our year-long series diving into some of the recommendations and action steps emanating...
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Co-creating a New Paradigm in Health Professions Education
Macy Foundation President, Holly J. Humphrey begins our year-long series of posts focused on the 2021 Macy Conference recommendations by interviewing Dr. Robbie Henson, Ms. Jennifer Dias, and Dr. Subani Chandra about...