Co-Sponsoring Medical Education Conference

Social mission innovation and reform in medical education. That’s the focus of an upcoming conference, Beyond Flexner 2015: The Social Mission of Medical Education, which the Milbank Memorial Fund is co-sponsoring. Organized by the George Washington University and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, the conference will be held on April 13 to 15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Beyond Flexner movement, which started with a conference in 2012, brought national attention to schools of medicine that had a strong social mission commitment, created a forum for collaboration and shared innovations among socially accountable medical schools, and legitimized the role of medical education in addressing health inequities.

This year’s conference builds on the success of the inaugural meeting. It will identify targets of opportunity for augmented education reform and innovations in the field, as well as launch ongoing collaborations to support and promote social mission in medical education. The conference is expected to attract medical educators, policymakers, residents, students, and others committed to socially accountable medical education.