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Announcing 2024 Josiah Macy Jr. Awards for Excellence in Social Mission
Conference • March 13, 2024
The Social Mission Alliance is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards for Excellence in Social Mission Health Professions Education. The winners this year include Alec J. Calac, Lisa M. Meeks, the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity, The University of New Mexico, and Caswell A. Evans....
Denise Rodgers: Beyond Flexner Conference Insights 2015
Conference • December 1, 2022
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....
Donald Berwick: the Challenge of Change, the Direction of Change
Conference • November 11, 2022
The renowned Don Berwick, master storyteller, speaks to the 2015 Beyond Flexner Alliance Conference about professional identity formation and change in health and healthcare Donald M. Berwick was President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) for nearly 20 years. In July 2010, President Obama appointed Dr. Berwick to the position of Administrator of the Centers for Medicare...
Camara Jones: the Gardener’s Tale and the Physician’s Legitimate Role
Conference • November 8, 2022
Dr. Jones’ allegories bring to life the complex connections among health and wellbeing, social determinants of health, social determinants of equity, population-level interventions, and the role of health professionals. Camara Phyllis Jones is research director on social determinants of health and equity in the Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)....
Spring 2022 Newsletter: Conference Highlights
Conference • April 22, 2022
After two years of living in a virtual community, we are pleased to have been able to convene in person during the 2022 Beyond Flexner Conference, co-hosted by AT Still University and Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing, in Phoenix, Arizona. We are grateful for all of our sponsors and attendees -- both in person and virtual. We could not have made the conference a success without this vibrant community of passionate leaders!...
The Social Mission Alliance is a joint activity with the Mullan Institute and George Washington University. Learn more about the Mullan Institute here.
