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September 21, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
White Coat Notes, a blog of the Boston Globe, last week looked at two recent reports calling for changes in physician training. Leaders at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care in Boston published a report in the September issue of Health Affai ...
May 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) is a one day test requiring medical students to examine and evaluate a series of standardized patients. It was developed in response to the need for an objective measure of clinical skills. This study examined the rel ...
July 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine developed strategies for expanding opportunities for generalists, from pre-admissions through practice entry.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The RWJF Commission on Medical Education: The Sciences of Medical Practice met eight times to develop a definition of the science requirements that are needed for graduation from medical school.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
In 2003, researchers at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, produced a video CD about the portrayal of physicians on prime-time television for distribution to medical students.
April 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 2002 to 2003, researchers at the American Medical Student Association Foundation, in collaboration with researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, assessed students' and deans' attitudes about student health programs and prevention training at 16 medical schools.
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Thomas Jefferson University expanded coverage of topics concerning population health in the Jefferson Medical College curriculum and established university-community partnerships to promote the health of individuals living in and around Philadelphia.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result Report
Between December 2004 and June 2006, researchers from six medical centers, led by Dartmouth Medical School created a conceptual model on how to improve patient care and student training.
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.
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 " ...