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Shoring Up Primary Care and Teaching Urban Medicine
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Shoring Up Primary Care and Teaching Urban Medicine
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Johns Hopkins MedicineThe Johns Hopkins Internal-Medicine-Pediatrics Urban Leadership Training Program is a two-phase multi-institutional program that creates a novel residency combining internal medicine and pediatrics to prepare physicians to become leaders in urban primary care…
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Teaching Teamwork Interprofessional Education at the University of Washington
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Teaching Teamwork Interprofessional Education at the University of Washington
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University of Washington Schools of Health SciencesThis project, proposed by the University of Washington Schools of Health Sciences (Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Social Work and Public Health) aims to validate and then disseminate an innovative simulation-based team-training program…
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Transforming Pediatric Residency Training To Improve Care for Underserved Children
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Transforming Pediatric Residency Training To Improve Care for Underserved Children
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American Academy of PediatricsThrough this initiative, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will utilize a quality improvement approach as they seek to train and develop pediatricians to care for the unique needs of underserved children and their families.
News & Commentary
5.1.12
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 competencies for the treatment of LGBTI patients in medical school could help future physicians provide better care. In June, 2011, AAMC was awarded a President’s Grant from the Foundation to define these competencies and establish core elements of a curriculum to train medical students in them. AAMC’s Dr. Marc Nivet discusses the grant and its import in this interview.
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Foundation Publication
November 2011
The report covers Graduate Medical Education, specifically its content and format, laying out recommendations for reform. The report comes from a conference in May 2011 chaired by Debra Weinstein, MD, and follows a…