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January 2, 2007 | Evaluation
Achieving Competence Today (ACT) was a program of Partnerships for Quality Education, a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Michael Yedidia, Ph.D., and Colleen Gillespie, Ph.D., of Rutgers University conducted an evaluation of ACT through a post-training survey of ACT II learners, and pre- and post-training study of ACT III learners and leaders.
October 22, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions fostered formal relationships between historically Black colleges and universities and health professions schools with few minority students.
National Program
Program, co-sponsored with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to address long-standing under-representation in the health professions of certain racial/ethnic groups, especially African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
August 22, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Association of American Medical Colleges provided education and coaching to teams at 22 academic health centers that were implementing the Chronic Care Model - a system to improve the care of chronically ill patients.
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Much must be changed to increase diversity in health care professions, including education, career support, how we value professionals who provide direct care, and even arguments for why society needs diversity among professionals, according to a prominent advocacy organization.
September 9, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Health Professions Partnership Initiative was designed to enhance the academic preparation of minority students and nurture their interest in health careers.
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors performed a literature review to identify and evaluate successful strategies to form partnerships between public schools and universities in order to increase minority representation in health fields. They identified key differences in " ...
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This introduction, written as a forward to a supplement on improving diversity in the health professions, summarizes some of the history of the Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI), and reiterates the pressing need to increase representa ...