Our Priorities Preparing Future Health Professionals to Navigate Ethical Dilemmas
To succeed today, health professionals need more than clinical skill. They must also be prepared to navigate the complex ethical dilemmas that arise when confronting barriers that conflict with professional ideals and aspirations. Those teaching in learning environments cannot anticipate every scenario, but they can equip future health professionals with essential tools for navigating dilemmas that arise when managing issues of patient access, end of life, interactions with other health professionals and many other complex situations.
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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Improving Equity Through Nursing: Honoring Black History Month with Drs. Coretta Jenerette and Danica Fulbright Sumpter
The Macy Foundation is proud to recognize and celebrate this year’s Black History Month—a time dedicated to both reflecting upon and commemorating the countless contributions of Black Americans to all aspects of society.
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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.
Publications
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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...
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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...
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Addressing Harmful Bias and Eliminating Discrimination in Health Professions Learning Environments
Proceedings of the February 2020 conference sponsored by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation are recorded in this report, Addressing Harmful Bias and Eliminating Discrimination in Health Professions Learning Environments.
