March 1, 2007
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Program Result
Staff of the Health Research and Educational Trust worked with a national advisory group to redesign its Creating Healthier Communities (CHC) Fellowship Program.
April 1, 2007
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Program Result
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.
April 1, 2007
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Program Result
From 2001 to 2004, staff at Sherwood Faith in Action in Sherwood, Ore., recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to both disabled and frail elderly people.
April 1, 2007
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Program Result
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education directed an initiative that created a set of core competencies for graduate medical education based on what medical residents should know and be able to do.
March 31, 2007
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Program Result
From December 2004 to April 2006, five diverse projects explored issues that impact training and education for frontline health care workers.
May 17, 2007
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Program Result
Partnerships for Training developed eight regional education systems to increase the number of primary care providers in federally designated Medically Underserved Areas of the United States.
May 1, 2007
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Program Result
Morehouse School of Medicine developed and evaluated a computer-based, self-directed curriculum to teach medical students how to counsel patients effectively to quit smoking.
May 1, 2007
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Program Result
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast trained volunteers to provide services for the frail elderly and people with chronic and terminal illnesses in Pinellas County, Fla.
July 1, 2007
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Program Result
Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston surveyed more than 2,000 students and staff at 62 U.S. medical schools to assess the availability and quality of instruction in end-of-life care.
October 8, 2007
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Evaluation
Launched in 2001, the Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education (Dental Pipeline) program is a five-year program designed to help increase access to dental care for underserved populations. The evaluation of the program was conducted by Ronald Andersen, Ph.D., from the University of California, Los Angeles.