February Ally Spotlight with the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

February ally spotlight

Each month, Social Mission Alliance (SMA) highlights the important work done by our allies. This month, we spoke to the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) about their organization and collaboration with the Social Mission Metrics Initiative. Read below for our interview with OADN’s new Chief Executive Officer, Rick García. Q&A Tell us about OADN’s work and mission. OADN is…

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January Ally Spotlight with Adriana Pero and Emily Xu

Ally Spotlight January 2023

Each month, the Social Mission Alliance (SMA) highlights important work done by our allies. This month, we spoke with third-year medical students from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, Adriana Pero and Emily Xu. They recently authored an article published in the AMA Journal of Ethics, called Is It Reasonable to Expect Students and…

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Denise Rodgers: Beyond Flexner Conference Insights 2015

Dr. Rogers’ prescient insights about the challenges we face in building a social mission movement are timely today in light of the changes in attitudes in the post-Trump era. Denise V. Rogers MD offers insights and articulates challenges to building a movement for social mission in health professions education at the 2015 Beyond Flexner Alliance Conference….

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Combating Racism in Health Professions Education: The Student Perspective

The series aims to highlight rising stars, empower health professions students, and provide a platform to uplift their voices. About the Series The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) and the Beyond Flexner Alliance (BFA) Student Assembly co-hosted the Combating Racism in Health Professions Education: The Student Perspective webinar, as part of the “Health Education Leaders Pushing” (HELP) for Change…

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