News and Commentary
Macy Faculty Scholar Wrenetha Julion on Cultural Competency Training
2012 Macy Faculty Scholar Dr. Wrenetha Julion discusses her work in cultural competency training at Rush University College of Nursing. She answers questions about how she developed the work and how diversity plays a...
Web Conference Recording: Aligning Interprofessional Education And Collaborative Practice
On April 18 Macy hosted a web conference to discuss the recommendations from its new report, Transforming Patient Care: Aligning Interprofessional Education with Clinical Practice Redesign. The online forum gave...
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...