Our LeadershipOur Leadership As with all great organizations, vision and leadership are key. To that end, in 2006, Johns Hopkins Medicine established the Martin D. Abeloff Committee on Educational Values and Rewards, and charged it with examining the strengths and challenges of our educational mission. Resulting from the exceptional work of this committee, a comprehensive plan for identifying solutions and opportunities was developed and included the establishment of the Institute for Excellence in Education, to support the efforts of the school and faculty and to strengthen the school’s national and international leadership role in medical education. A managing board, comprised of experts in various fields of medical education, will set the trajectory of the work of the institute.

Edward D. Miller Jr., M.D., Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

David G. Nichols, M.D., M.B.A., Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education and Vice Dean for Education of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Joseph Cofrancesco Jr., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Director of the IEE

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1600 McElderry Street / Suite 230Baltimore, Maryland 21205

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Managing Board MembersMichael Barone, M.D., M.P.H.

Renee Blanding, M.D.

Michael J. Borowitz, M.D., Ph.D.

Arjun S. Chanmugam, M.D., M.B.A.

Jorie M. Colbert, Ph.D.

Harry Goldberg, Ph.D.

Elizabeth F. Goodspeed, M.H.S.

William B. Guggino, Ph.D.

Lisa Heiser, M.A.

H. Franklin Herlong, M.D.

Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.

Pamela A. Lipsett, M.D.

Maura McGuire, M.D.

James J. Merlihan, A.M.

Janet R. Serwint, M.D.

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Forging Ahead

Our Legacy

Our Mission

Our Legacy Since its founding in 1893, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has stayed true to its mission of educating students and growing future leaders in accordance with the highest standards of excellence. We are a school of medicine, an extraordinary place where state-of-the-art research, learning, discovery, and training ensure that our faculty and students are among the world’s best.

The School of Medicine has always been, and continues to be, firmly dedicated to our educational mission. We recently launched our new “Genes to Society” curriculum aimed at reframing the context of health and illness more broadly, to encourage students to explore the biologic properties of a patient’s health within a larger, integrated system including social, cultural, psychological and environmental variables. In the near future, the graduate programs (Ph.D. and masters) are exploring new space with the planned renovation of of the Welch Medical Library and the creation of new paradigms for graduate biomedical science education. Our new state-of-the-art Anne and Mike Armstrong Medical Education Building is the perfect complement to this groundbreaking curriculum, fostering a fertile exchange of ideas in boldly creative new ways. The IEE will take its place in the forefront of these new and exciting changes to medical education by lending opportunity and support to both the school and faculty.

Forging Ahead Looking to the future, the Institute for Excellence in Education is poised to take the next steps in advancing our educational mission. Moving forward requires that we first address issues that might jeopardize our success.

Medical education is at a crossroads. Financial challenges, restrictions on faculty teaching time, and externally imposed regulations pose a formidable threat to our faculty’s ability to train the next generation of great medical leaders. Today’s patient-centered care requires a different educational approach, with smaller classes and more teachers. There have been monumental advances in the basic sciences. As the electronic information age fosters new research, new techniques, and vast new ways of understanding the genetics of medicine, our faculty members are both teachers and learners in an ever-evolving health care system.

Much of the strength of the School of Medicine comes from our remarkable faculty. The importance of their role cannot be overstated, and the IEE aims to support, reward, and give value to the educational activities done by all faculty members. We are developing methods to measure and critically evaluate teaching and educational programs. Working closely with faculty, we will set new standards of excellence, encourage educational research and scholarship, expand career development opportunities, and inspire and support innovative teaching techniques that meet the needs of a new generation of medical students.

“I am honored and privileged to be the inaugural director of the Institute for Excellence in Education—and I am

very proud to be at an institution that so values its educational mission. I am

confident that by working together with our faculty, alumni, patients, and

friends, Johns Hopkins will remain the best medical and health science

educational program in the world.”

Joseph Cofrancesco Jr., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

Director, Institute for Excellence in EducationAssociate Professor, Medicine

We Need Your SupportHelp us build the institute to:

Develop, implement and refine an easy to use system for tracking all educational activities

Refine and unify systems for evaluating teaching and educational activities, including peer feedback, recognized by the School of Medicine

Provide an infrastructure for faculty members to improve their educational skills and encourage the development of leadership in education

Expand, encourage, and support educational research and scholarship

Develop new educational awards, ensure proper recognition of teaching and educational activities, and promote a community of outstanding educators at the School of Medicine

Assure the School of Medicine’s leadership position in national and international medical education

Leading the Way in Medical Education

The Institute for Excellence in Education (IEE), established in 2009, will promote, value, and advance the educational mission of the School of Medicine while enhancing the School’s leadership role in medical and medical sciences education nationally and internationally.

Our Mission