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April 1, 2007 | 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 | 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.
May 1, 2007 | 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.
July 1, 2007 | 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.
December 20, 2007 | Program Result
This report highlights some of the many initiatives RWJF has supported to widen the pipeline for minorities entering health professions, including Pipeline, Profession and Practice and Jobs to Careers.
November 5, 2006 | Story
"The Clinical Scholars Program provided me with a rigorous background in research methodology that was crucial," says Flores.
May 1, 1998 | Program Result
From 1992 to 1997, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School conducted policy studies using different mathematical models designed to test the effects of these proposals.
August 1, 1998 | Program Result
The Jefferson Medical College and seven other Pennsylvania medical schools explored the feasibility of developing the Pennsylvania Tracking System, a uniform statewide system to track the educational and career choices of graduate medical students and residents.
December 1, 1998 | Program Result
The National Hospice Organization, Arlington, Va., held a teleconference in 1997 that provided a "Train the Trainers" forum designed to introduce physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to End-of-Life issues through an educational kit, "Care Beyond Cure: Physician Education in End-of-Life Care."
November 1, 1998 | Program Result
A specially appointed commission assessed the effect of changes in the health care industry on the provision of medical education in the University of California system and made recommendations about how to respond to these changes.