News and Commentary
Macy Foundation Report Shows Key Challenges, Opportunities New Medical Schools Face
Sarah Sonies, associate editor of Wing of Zock and an Innovation Fellow at the AAMC, sat down with Dr. Michael Whitcomb to discuss his recent report, “New & Developing Medical Schools, Motivating Factors, Major...
Measuring Graduate Medical Education Outcomes: Q&A with Dr. Candice Chen
This month, Academic Medicine published the Macy-funded study “Toward Graduate Medical Education Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions.” We interviewed lead author Candice Chen, MD, MPH about her...
Macy Faculty Scholar Kenya Beard on Multicultural Education
Macy Scholar Kenya Beard discusses her project to strengthen nursing faculty in educating minority students.
Improving Quality and Safety for Diverse Populations
Grantee Massachusetts General Hospital shares recent experiences piloting a new interprofessional education curriculum focused on providing safe and effective care for patients with Limited English Proficiency.
Evaluating Interprofessional Education
A thoughtful comment on a recent blog post on interprofessional education, raised a very interesting question that Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH believes is at the leading edge of what we need to learn about...
New Macy Report Profiles Early Experiences of Nation’s Newest Medical Schools
A new report released today highlights the motivating factors, challenges, and planning strategies faced by 15 of the newest U.S. medical schools and offers important lessons learned as they begin to enroll classes...
The Physician Assistant: An Illustrated History
The Physician Assistant: An Illustrated History, is a concise history of the people, places, and events that have propelled the concept of the physician assistant from its inception at Duke University in 1965 to its...