Our Priorities Increasing Collaboration Among Future Health Professionals

Students, residents, and graduate students historically learn and train as highly skilled, but largely autonomous, professionals. This “siloed” approach is obsolete and is being replaced by environments where health professionals and their learners work together as a high functioning team. This means promoting collaboration among health care providers, such as nurses, social workers, physicians  pharmacists, and others so that learners in these environments are trained to provide the highest quality patient care as members of a collaborative team. Public health leaders play a critical role in promoting community health and preventing disease and are vital collaborators with the health care team.

A Hands-On Approach to Enhance Community Care

Most patients think about healthcare in the United States as a single, interconnected system. They don’t necessarily distinguish between primary care providers, specialists, public health experts, emergency providers, and others.

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Accurately Measuring the Quality of Clinical Learning Environments

When it comes to improvements and innovations in Health Professions Education (HPE), one of the most important questions is always, what is working and what isn’t?

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How to Educate Health Professionals in the Middle of a Pandemic

With support from the Association of American Medical Colleges, medical schools in New York, and a grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Tara Cunningham and her team at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai launched the week-long Subway Summit Webinar Series: COVID-19 Lessons Learned from the Epicenter, where they brought more than 700 registrants from across the world together to participate in eight different sessions focused on helping faculty, administrators, and students adapt to medical school during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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News and Commentary

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Season 2: Social Mission in Health Professions Education

To kick off the second season of Vital Voices, Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Toyese Oyeyemi Jr., MPH, MCHES, executive director, and Candice Chen, MD, MPH, former board chair of the Social Mission Alliance.
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Ensuring Fairness in Medical Education Assessment: Taking a Closer Look at the 2022 Macy Conference Recommendations

Read the foreword to the August 2023 supplement of Academic Medicine focused on Ensuring Fairness in Medical Education Assessment, authored by Dowin Boatright, MD, MBA, Louito Edje, MD, MHPE, Larry D. Gruppen, PhD,...
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2022 Annual Report President's Message

Macy Foundation President Holly J. Humphrey shares her thoughts and reflections about 2022 and looks ahead to 2023.
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Announcing the 2023 Macy Foundation Catalyst Awards Winners

We are delighted to announce the recipients of the Macy Foundation Catalyst Awards for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education.

Publications

Read 2022 Annual Meeting of the Macy Faculty Scholars

In June 2022, the Macy Foundation virtually convened the Macy Faculty Scholars, the program’s National Advisory Committee members, and mentors of the 2021 Scholars to share project and career updates, discuss the...

Read 2021 Annual Meeting of the Macy Faculty Scholars

In June 2021, the Macy Foundation virtually convened the Macy Faculty Scholars, the program’s National Advisory Committee members, and mentors of the 2020 Scholars to share project and career updates, discuss the...

Read 2020 Annual Meeting of the Macy Faculty Scholars

In June 2020, the Macy Foundation virtually convened the Macy Faculty Scholars, the National Advisory Committee, and mentors of the 2019 Scholars to share project and career updates, discuss the year's challenges, and...