Torture Initiative
This December, the Institute on Medicine as a Profession, together with the Open Society Institute, is holding a conference on the role of physicians in the interrogation and torture of military detainees...
Read More >American Legacy Conference
A conference on “Industry-Medicine Relationships: Comparing Tobacco, Alcohol, Food and Pharmaceuticals” was held on November 2-3 with support from The American Legacy Foundation...
Read More >ABIM-IMAP Collaboration
The purpose of this project is to convene a task force of influential leaders from the profession to make recommendations on the role of physicians in managing health care resources...
Read More >AG Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program
Pharmaceutical company marketing efforts contribute to increased expenditures and inappropriate prescribing behavior, promoting both a greater reliance on drugs and increased use of more expensive products...
Read More >Health Information Technology and Medical Professionalism
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) and IMAP collaborated to explore professionalism in the new information age. A conference convened by David Rothman, PhD and David Blumenthal, MD, focused on the challenges and opportunities that current and future technologies will pose for professionalism. ...
Read More >China-US Center on Medical Professionalism
The China-US Center on Medical Professionalism is a joint effort by Peking University Health Sciences Center (PUHSC) and a consortium of American organizations, including the Institute on Medicine as a Profession, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, Permanente medical Group, Inc. an ...
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