Colleagues,

The Macy Scholars program is designed to identify and nurture the careers of promising early to mid-career innovators in medicine and nursing who are dedicated to improving the education of health professionals. It is the equivalent of a career development award for medical education. Topic areas that Scholars might explore include:

 

· Interprofessional education to promote team work and interprofessional collaboration

· New models of clinical education that emphasize longitudinal, integrated experiences with patients, families and faculty

· New content in health professional curricula such as quality improvement, patient safety, systems analysis, health economics, and the social determinants of health

· Education of health professionals to care for underserved populations, including addressing the need for more primary care providers

· Programs to diversify the health professional workforce so that it more closely matches across many dimensions of the populations to be served

· Domestic programs that promote an understanding of global health

 

Potential applicants are encouraged to visit the Foundation’s website prior to developing a proposal (http://www.macyfoundation.org/macy-scholars). In addition, applicants should RSVP (on the website) and participate in the informational webinar, to be held on December 14, 2017 at 4:00pm ET. To participate in the webinar RSVP here

 

Eligibility and Award Amount:

 

The nominee must have been a faculty member for five or more years. The candidate must identify a faculty mentor who will serve as an advisor for the educational innovation project and the nominee’s career development. The candidate must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. The award amount is $100,000 (plus fringe) per year for two years. In addition, funds will be made available for participation in the Harvard Macy Institute programs, for travel to the Annual Macy Faculty Scholars Meeting, and for other program-related travel.

 

PSOM Review:

As there can only be one nomination per school, our internal process includes a limited pre-application. A committee of senior educators will serve as the selection committee and include: Lisa Bellini, Rachel Kelz, Jen Kogan, Caryn Lerman, Gail Morrison, Jen Myers, Judy Shea, Gail Slap.

Candidates must submit the following:

 

• One page statement outlining the candidate’s career objectives and personal goals for the program
• One- two page description of the innovation project to be undertaken
• An email from the proposed project mentor indicating a commitment to advise the candidate on project work and career development
• Proposed mentors biosketch
• Email from the department chair/division chief stating an institutional commitment for the protection of at least 50% of the applicants time
• Current CV and grants pages for the candidate

 

Materials must be submitted in single PDF file in the order listed above. (Subject line should read: Macy_ Applicant’s surname_Applicant's first name. For example: Macy_Doe_Jane)

 

Materials must be submitted to Janice Pringle at Janice.Pringle@uphs.upenn.edu by 12 pm Wednesday, January 10, 2018.

 

Applicants will be notified of the committee’s selection on 1/15/18. The final application is due to the Macy Foundation by 2/14/18.

 

Lisa

 

Lisa Bellini MD, MACP

Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Vice Chair for Education and Inpatient Services, Dept of Medicine

Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

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