Medical Schools
A Blue Ocean with Few Ships: Setting the Strategic Direction in an Emerging Market
Steven Combs | President and CEO, Maryland University of Integrative HealthWith an aging population, a growing cultural interest in health, fitness and wellbeing and a shortage of medical professionals, the medical education space is more in the limelight today than…
The Medical Education Landscape is Changing and Leaders Must Change With It
Jeffrey A. Schroetlin | Consultant in the Academic Medicine and Health Sciences Practice, Witt/KiefferMajor health systems across the United States are exploring their options in the medical education space in unprecedented ways. From partnering with medical schools to purchasing existing schools to simply…
The Benefits of Interdisciplinarity: Forging and Leveraging Relationships Across Campus
Paul George | Director for the Dual Degree Program in the Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown UniversityLife, in general, is interdisciplinary. Airplanes cannot fly without engineers who build, mechanics who fix and pilots who fly. Taking care of patients requires teams of providers—physicians, nurses, pharmacists, medical…
Five Steps to Building an Academic Innovation Engine
Christina M. Sax | Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Maryland University of Integrative HealthAcademic innovation, change and transformation. All are seen as vehicles to solve many of higher education’s challenges. Institutions are increasingly investing in such efforts. Approximately 10 percent of the American…
Access and Support Critical to Success for Traditionally Underserved Students
Maurizio Trevisan | Provost, The City College of New YorkHigher education institutions play a massive role in supporting economic growth and prosperity, but this cannot be an accidental by-product of their work. Entire communities tend to be underserved as…
Medical Education’s Seismic Shift: Implications for Recruiting New Leaders
Joyce De Leo | Consultant in Academic Medicine and Health Sciences Practice, Witt/KiefferIn a recent article, Joyce De Leo shared her views on the seismic shift taking place in medical education. She pointed out that it is now time for change and…
Surveying the Road Ahead for American Medical Schools
Larry Gruppen | Chair of Medical Education at the School of Medicine, University of MichiganMedical education confronts many of the same challenges as other sectors of higher education, including affordability, access, and questions about its efficacy. However, as a domain that incorporates a high…