Case Western Reserve University is one of six institutions to win the 2024 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Catalyst Award for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education, with other recipients including Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School.
“Working together, faculty and learners will pool their experiences and discoveries to evolve a set of best practices and actionable steps to support all learners,” said Macy Foundation President Holly J. Humphrey. “We are proud to support initiatives that equip learners with the confidence, skills and strategies to flourish in graduate medical education.”
Case Western Reserve’s Clinical Teaming Project in partnership with MetroHealth was chosen “for its potential to have a positive impact on the clinical learning environment and to improve the experiences of residents and fellows,” the foundation said.
Residents, fellows, attending physicians and non-physician providers will work together to create a “teamwork curriculum” that emphasizes interprofessional collaboration and shared accountability.
Two CWRU faculty members are spearheading the project: Tyler Reimschisel, associate provost for Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education and Research and a professor of genetics and genome sciences at the School of Medicine; and Kaitlyn Murphy, an associate professor at the School of Medicine.
“We feel extremely honored to be one of the Catalyst Award recipients this year,” Reimschisel said. “We are excited to design and implement a teaming curriculum that will help improve clinical outcomes, enhance interprofessional collaboration, and foster psychological safety and inclusivity among all members of the healthcare team, including patients and their families.”
Originally published in the summer 2024 issue of Forward Thinking magazine