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.

Eliminating Structural Racism in Nursing Academia

Administrators at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing are leading a learning collaborative of 13 nursing schools that are confronting structural racism in academic nursing.

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Healthcare in the Anthropocene: the Role of Medical Education in the Climate Crisis

For decades, talk of climate change conjured up images of melting icebergs and bleached coral, tragic yet removed from the everyday human experience. Recently, however, the human health threat posed by global warming and ecological destruction has crystallized in the public consciousness.

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Abortion Restrictions Devastating Impact on Medical Education

Abortion bans and restrictions are directly harming pregnant people who have lost the ability to make decisions about their own health. They are also having a devastating impact on medical education.

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Bridging the Gap for Incoming Medical Residents

Residency is often seen as the defining stage of medical education, but for new medical school graduates, the transition can be quite challenging.

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News and Commentary

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Prioritizing Clinician Safety and Well-Being

Dr. Holly Humphrey delves into the importance of clinician safety and well-being, and how Catalyst Awards projects are working to improve just that in clinical learning environments.
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Macy Foundation Webinars

Recordings, resources, and information for Macy Foundation Webinars.
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2025 Catalyst Awards for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education Informational Webinar

Recording, resources and information from the 2025 Catalyst Awards Informational Webinar
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Fostering Humanism in Health Care: Insights from Dr. Kimberly Manning at the Macy Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting

At the 2024 Macy Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting, Dr. Kimberly Manning shared her insights and experiences as our guest speaker.

Publications

Read 2023 Annual Meeting of the Macy Faculty Scholars

In June 2023, the Macy Faculty Scholars family--Scholars, National Advisory Committee members, staff, and special guests--gathered in New York City to engage in meaningful conversations about the state and future of...

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2022 Macy Conference Recommendations

Read 2022 Annual Meeting of the Macy Faculty Scholars

In June 2022, the Macy Foundation 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 year’s...

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...