IIME Curriculum Grants Programs

To foster the development and dissemination of educational innovations needed to address contemporary learning objectives, IIME has partnered with grant funding organizations to create topical small grant award programs for medical educators that are managed through the Institute and financed by the external partner. Active curriculum grants initiatives include:

Enhancing Cultural Competence Education in Medical Schools
California Endowment

Four California medical schools were awarded 2 year grants in 2005 to engage students in learning experiences designed to expand their understanding of cultural issues that shape patient experience of illness and healthcare, as well as how cultural issues inform physician delivery of care. 

Institutions awarded curriculum grants:
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Davis
Stanford University
University of Southern California

Enhancing Education for Chronic Illness Care
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

Ten undergraduate and ten graduate medical education programs were awarded planning grants to improve how medical students and resident physicians are educated about the challenges and rewards of caring for patients with chronic illnesses. The long-term aim of this initiative is to shift the focus of undergraduate and graduate medical education to place more emphasis on the critical importance of management of chronic disease in modern society.

Institutions awarded curriculum grants:
University of Arizona - UGME and Internal Medicine GME
University of California, Los Angeles* - UGME and Family Medicine GME
University of California, San Francisco - UGME and Family Medicine GME
University of Cincinnati* - UGME, Internal Medicine GME, and Family Medicine GME
Florida State University COM - UGME only
Jefferson Medical College - UGME and Family Medicine GME
University of Miami - UGME and Internal Medicine GME
University of Minnesota* - UGME and Family Medicine GME
Mount Sinai SOM - UGME and Internal Medicine GME
Vanderbilt SOM* - UGME and Internal Medicine GME

*Institutional participants in the IICC’s Academic Chronic Illness Collaborative

Quality Healthcare and GME Design
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Linda Lesky, M.D., was awarded a planning conference grant March 2006 to convene medical school teams to engage around issues related to the development of a research agenda to explore how data on physicians' scope of practice and clinical outcomes might inform the design and conduct of GME programs in various clinical disciplines.

Institutional participants:
Indiana University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
University of Florida College of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School