News in brief $15 million in grant funding available for GME innovation Grants will support efforts to redevelop graduate medical education curricula and promote resident well-being. Nov. 7, 2018Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics AMAgrant fundinggrantsresidencyRFP To promote innovation in graduate medical education, the American Medical Association will be awarding $15 million in grant funding over 5 years to organizations associated with GME, including medical schools, residency programs and health systems. The Reimagining Residency Initiative will support ideas and programs that “provide meaningful and safe transitions from undergraduate medical education (UME) to graduate medical education (GME),” according to the AMA. Grants will also support efforts to redevelop graduate medical education curricula and promote resident well-being. Candidates for grant funding include medical schools, GME programs, specialty societies, health systems and GME sponsors. The goal is to transform residency training to better address current and long-term workforce needs within health care. A Request for Proposals (RFP) will be distributed on Jan. 3, 2019, and prospective applicants are required to submit a Letter of Intent outlining the details of their proposed project. If you’re interested in being considered, please note the following dates: Jan. 3, 2019 RFP distributed Feb. 1, 2019 Letters of intent due Feb. 25 – March 1, 2019 Invitation for full proposals from selected Letters of Intent April 17, 2019 Full proposals due June 2019 Announcement of awards July 2019 Funding cycle begins To learn more, sign up to attend an informational webinar on Jan. 16, 2019. For more information about the Reimagining Residency Initiative, click here. Or, email your questions here. For further reading: Research grants available for DOs, medical students and PhDs More than $1.3 million in funding awarded to osteopathic researchers More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleHow I got through the couples match Next articleSingle GME update: More than 6,600 AOA residency positions are now ACGME-accredited
TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana.
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