Health Professions Partnership Initiative
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.
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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.
Removing Obstacles to Quality Improvement for Academic Health Centers
July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In 2001, RWJF authorized $20.9 million for a national program, Pursuing Perfection: Raising the Bar for Health Care Performance, to help hospitals and physician organizations improve patient outcomes throughout the continuum of health care.
Two Struggling Academic Palliative Care Centers Get Management Advice to Help Stabilize
July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
From November 2002 through January 2003, consultants worked with two academic palliative care centers that were struggling financially and helped the physician leaders establish business plans and stabilize the centers.
New Professional Association Formed for Chiefs of Internal Medicine
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Society of General Internal Medicine created the Association of Chiefs of General Internal Medicine to provide internal medicine division chiefs with new opportunities for professional development and leadership training.
A Forum of Medical and Business Leaders Put a Stethoscope to Academic Medicine
August 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Association of American Medical Colleges convened the Forum on the Future of Academic Medicine to consider the major long-term influences on the nation's health care system and academic medicine.
Health of the Public Funding Helps Columbia University Educate Faculty about Community Health and Needs
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Columbia University, New York, established a partnership between Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and the Washington Heights-Inwood section of northern Manhattan, including an information office, a grand rounds program, and a visiting scholars program.
Nashville College Health of the Public Project Expands Its Adolescent Health Education and Outreach Program
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 1997, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., established a new curriculum in adolescent health, building on a pre-existing initiative to reduce teen pregnancy.
With Health of the Public Funding, University of Cincinnati Creates a Population Methods Unit to Serve the Community, Train Medical Students
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The University of Cincinnati created a new Population Methods Unit, which used population methods, incorporated population-based medicine into the medical school curriculum, and conducted a "medical census" of low-income area near Cincinnati.
Jefferson University Partnership Uses Health of the Public Funding to Expand Community Health Projects in Philadelphia
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.