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Picker Institute / ACGME Challenge Grants

Picker Institute

The Picker Institute is proud to introduce the five recipients of the 2006 Picker Institute / ACGME Challenge Grants

Background:
The Challenge Grant Project is intended to establish an innovative way to engage graduate medical education programs in the Institute’s patient-centered health care mission by supporting projects that facilitate successful patient-centered care initiatives and best practices in the education of future practicing physicians. The program therefore focuses on teaching hospitals and residency programs to introduce and maximize the impact of patient-centered care on the residents and their training programs. This has the potential of positively influencing the entire medical education system and health care community in the long-run, and may elevate the Challenge Grant Project to become an integral part of the Picker Institute Research Agenda for years to come.

Pamela J. Boyers, Ph.D
Director of Medical Education
Riverside Methodist Hospital 		William H. Hester, M.D.
Family Medicine Residency Program Director
McLeod Family Medicine Residency Center
Kirk Keegan, MD
University of California, Irvine
Obstetrics-Gynecology 		Anthony A. Meyer, M.D., PhD.
Dept of Surgery, Div. of Trauma & Critical Care
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John L. Tarpley, M.D.
Dept. of Surgery
Vanderbilt University

As part of the Picker Institute’s Research Agenda discussed by the Picker Board most recently at its last meeting on August 12, 2005, the Challenge Grant Project is intended to establish an innovative way to engage graduate medical education programs in the Institute’s patient-centered health care mission by supporting projects that facilitate successful patient-centered care initiatives and best practices in the education of future practicing physicians. The program therefore focuses on teaching hospitals and residency programs to introduce and maximize the impact of patient-centered care on the residents and their training programs.