News and Commentary
Interprofessional Education and Nursing: A Conversation with AACN’s Polly Bednash
Geraldine Polly Bednash, PhD, RN, FAAN is Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The AACN has worked closely with the Macy Foundation on several...
New Practice Models Driving Education Reforms
Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, expected this week, one thing is clear—America’s health care delivery system is transforming. New practice models that require greater...
Leading Innovation in Health Professions Education: The Macy Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting
The first class of Macy Faculty Scholars held their inaugural annual meeting last week in New York. The intimate group of 5 scholars and their mentors along with the program’s National Advisory Committee and Macy...
Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education
Check out Macy President George Thibault’s blog post “Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education” on the Health Affairs GrantWatch Blog
Four Major Foundations Join Together To Advance Interprofessional Health Education
Four leading foundations focused on health, health professions education, and patient care, have announced they will support the creation of a new national Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative...
AAMC’s Marc Nivet On Developing LGBTI Competencies
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) patients face documented health care disparities related to bias and social stigma, restricted access to health services, and other disparities. Including...
IPE Conference Video
Those who were not in attendance at the recent Macy Foundation conference on IPE, which took place April 1-3 in Alexandria, VA, can view video excerpts of the proceedings here.