News and Commentary
Health Affairs Convenes Public Forum to Talk GME
On Wednesday, September 10th in Washington, D.C., Health Affairs, with support from the Macy Foundation, convened a group of experts to discuss the Institute of Medicine’s recent report, Graduate Medical Education...
Roberta Waite on Being a Macy Faculty Scholar
Roberta Waite, EdD, APRN, CNS-BC of Drexel University is part of Macy’s 2011 Scholar Class. We sat down with Dr. Waite to hear about her two years as a Macy Faculty Scholar.
Web Conference Recording: Partnering with Patients, Families, & Communities to Link IPE
On July 22, the Macy Foundation held a web conference to discuss new recommendations from a meeting of leaders in health professions education and practice, and consumer organizations for partnering with patients,...
The New York Times on Shortening Medical Education
Last week the New York Times’ Denise Grady reported on the “Drawn-Out Medical Degree,” and shared how many leading institutions today are shortening their medical school curriculums to three years.
Discussing the IOM Report on GME
On July 29th the Institute of Medicine publicly released its report on graduate medical education entitled Graduate Medical Education That Meets the Nation’s Health Needs.
IOM Report on GME Affirms Continuation of Medicare Funding; Recommends More Public Accountability
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation welcomes the IOM’s call for a more publically accountable graduate medical education enterprise in its report, Graduate Medical Education That Meets the Nation’s Health Needs.
Macy Faculty Scholar Memoona Hasnain on Teaching Health Disparities
Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, PhD of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine discusses her new interprofessional program to create learning experiences geared toward reducing health disparities.