Our Priorities
Through its programs, the Foundation strives to foster innovation in health professional education and to align the education of health professionals with contemporary health needs and a changing health care system.
Education for the Care of Underserved Populations
A large number of people enter the health professions each year, but an insufficient number of health professionals choose to serve in rural and inner-city areas and some of the most vulnerable people in society—racial and ethnic minorities, elderly people, low-income patients and others—are not receiving the care they need. We need to provide training and incentives that support and promote care that meets the needs of these underserved populations.
News
- Leveraging Simulation and Telehealth Technology to Empower Family Caregivers of Children with Asthma
- The Macy Awards for Excellence in Social Mission: Your Opportunity to Celebrate Your Colleagues
- Partnering with Patients in Education and Health Care Transformation
- Teaching to Care for the Chronically Ill: The InterACT Program
- New Issue Brief on Education Strategies for Underserved Patients
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Publications
- 2015 Annual Meeting of the Macy Faculty Scholars
- Recommendations to Improve Title VII of the Public Health Service Act
- The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools
- Addressing the Primary Care Deficit: Building Primary Care Leaders for Tomorrow
- Conference Proceedings: Who Will Provide Primary Care And How Will They Be Trained?