Health Professions Partnership Initiative
September 9, 2009 | Program Result
The Health Professions Partnership Initiative was designed to enhance the academic preparation of minority students and nurture their interest in health careers.
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Press Releases by Academic Medical Centers
May 5, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the quality of press releases from medical centers that conduct medical research. Since press releases are an important source of information for reporters, their quality may impact the quality of news coverage of health and science.
The Health Professions Partnership Initiative and Working Toward Diversity in the Health Care Workforce
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 ...
Health of the Public: An Academic Challenge
September 1, 2001 | Program Result
Health of the Public: An Academic Challenge co-funded in 1992 by RWJF and The Pew Charitable Trusts, challenged academic health centers to broaden their mission to address the health needs of their surrounding communities.
Evaluation of Achieving Competence Today (ACT)
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.
Academic Health Care Consortium in Illinois Pilots Online Learning Exchange for Its Members
February 1, 2007 | Program Result
Staff of University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) developed the UHC Learning Exchange, an online platform on which academic health care organizations can develop and share courses, best practices and organization-specific information.
Health Professions Partnership Initiative
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.
Alliances Between Academic Health Centers and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Address Disparities
October 22, 2010 | Program Result
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.
Former RWJF Grantee Kathryn Flores Profiled on NBC Nightly News
March 10, 2009
Flores recognized for helping middle school and high school students from disadvantaged and underrepresented communities pursue their dreams of entering a health profession.
Four Universities Adopt Bachelors in Health Sciences Model Program from State University of New York at Stony Brook
October 31, 2008 | Program Result
SUNY Stony Brook prepared materials about their health science bachelor's degree program model, disseminated them to other academic health centers and provided technical assistance to centers interested in adopting the model.