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Health Equity Innovation Fund Award

$50,000 Funding Award to Advance Health Equity through Nursing

Research • January 17, 2023

Health Equity Innovation Fund Award
The George Washington University is among sixteen organizations to receive a Health Equity Innovation Fund award. The awards from the AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), are for projects offering promising solutions aimed at eliminating structural inequities, particularly structural...

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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Biomedical Workforce, and Advancing Health Disparities and Health Equity Research

Research • December 2, 2022

Recommending a strategic approach to incresing the impact of NIH funding to address health equity. About the report Racial equity, diversity, and inclusion are core to the issues of health workforce equity – how the health workforce addresses (or maintains) health disparities. We commend the NIH for seeking to act in this important area. In light of ongoing challenges with...

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Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability

Research • December 2, 2022

Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions About the Research Authors: Chen, Candice MD, MPH; Petterson, Stephen PhD; Phillips, Robert L. MD, MSPH; Mullan, Fitzhugh MD; Bazemore, Andrew MD, MPH; O’Donnell, Sarah D. MPH Originally appearing in Academic Medicine, September 2013 – Volume 88 – Issue 9 Abstract Graduate medical education (GME) plays a key role in the U.S. health care...

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Estimation and Comparison of Current and Future Racial/Ethnic Representation in the US Health Care Workforce

Research • December 2, 2022

Are Black, Hispanic, and Native American (ie, American Indian or Alaska Native) populations underrepresented in the health care professions in the US, and does the educational pipeline show greater representation of these groups in the future health care workforce? About the Report In this cross-sectional study of 2019 data from the American Community Survey and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data...

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Lessons Learned from Workforce Diversity Tracker for Global Health

Research • December 1, 2022

Through data collection and analysis, the Diversity Tracker can motivate and encourage professions, states, and schools to do more to address the underrepresentation of population groups among health professions. Abstract Health disparities experienced by subsets of the US population are similarly experienced in countries around the world, albeit not necessarily by racial or ethnic subsets of the population. The Health...

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Analysis of Social Mission Commitment at Dental, Medical, and Nursing Schools in the US

Research • December 1, 2022

What is the current state of social mission commitment in US dental, medical, and nursing schools, and how does social mission performance compare across school types? Key Points Question  What is the current state of social mission commitment in US dental, medical, and nursing schools, and how does social mission performance compare across school types? Findings  In this survey study of 689...

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The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools

Research • November 9, 2022

The authors developed an analytic method to assess a medical school’s performance in training physicians to care for the population as a whole, taking into account issues of primary care, underserved areas, and workforce diversity. About the Research Medical schools are have multiple missions, including education, service and research. They also have a social mission: to educate physicians to care...

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Looking Backwards to Move Forward: Using a Social Mission Lens in Nursing Education

Research • November 7, 2022

Nursing schools have been called upon to advocating for reducing health inequities. About the Research The ideals of health equity continue to be constrained by the conditions in which people live, learn and work. But to what extents are nursing schoolsstrengthening the preparedness of nurses to extend their reach and help individuals and communities achieve their highest level of health?...

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Limited, Uneven Progress in Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Dental School Graduates

Research • November 3, 2022

An assessment of racial and ethnic diversity of graduates of dental schools compared to the diversity of populations they draw from. About the Research In July 2021, The Journal of Dental Education Published a study to assess racial and ethnic diversity of graduates of each dental school compared to the diversity of populations they draw from, and to assess changes...

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Social Mission in Health Professions Education: Beyond Flexner

Research • October 30, 2022

Social Mission Alliance founder Fitzhugh Mullan describes the parameters that show the commitment of health professions schools to social mission. Education, research, and service are well-established missions of health professions schools and teaching hospitals in the United States. The role of social mission in these institutions is vitally important but less clear. Broadly defined, the social mission of a health...

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