News and Commentary
George Thibault on Diversity in Medical Education
In recognition of National Minority Health Month, Dr. Thibault discusses how the changing demographics of the country are impacting health professions education and what medical schools need to be doing to keep pace.
Connecting Learning & Practice to Transform Patient Care
Dr. Barbara Brandt from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education discusses Macy’s new report on “Aligning Interprofessional Education with Clinical Practice Redesign.” Brandt shares why she...
Bridging the Gap Won’t Be Easy
Last week Macy President George E. Thibault, MD, sat down with Joe Cantlupe of HealthLeaders Media to discuss Macy’s new report on “Aligning Interprofessional Education with Clinical Practice Redesign”.
Supporting Your Collaborations..
Dr. Barbara Brandt, Director of the new National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education provides some answers to the questions she has received on how best to implement interprofessional education and...
“Healing the Hierarchy” with Team-based Care
In her recent New York Times article, Theresa Brown, RN, brings to light some of the challenges, errors and wasted time that come from the old-school hierarchy of health care that many hospitals still operate on. One...
George Thibault on Teaching 21st Century Healthcare
“Faculty can’t teach what they don’t know,’’ said Dr. George E. Thibault, president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation at the American Board of Family Medicine’s Primary Care Policy Forum on February 26.
Match Day & the New Team Huddle
The days of “the god-like position doctors held for more than a century” are gone, and residency training today is all about the “team huddle,” says a story on NPR’s Marketplace.