We are excited to announce that after much deliberation by our judging panel, the finalists for the MD Connector 2009 Competition on Health Education Reform have been selected.

These finalists will compete for placement during the 2009 Health Care Education Symposium at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN April 26-28, 2009.

Thank you for your participation!

Finalists: Click the links to read the full text and PDF entries of our finalists.  We invite you to rate and comment on their respective entries.

• Creating a path to high‐quality health care: the implementation of a quality improvement mechanism in the education of clinical skills – Paul Di Capua
  
• Jumpstarting Medical Education - Claire Fung and Jessica Schumer
• Narrowing the Health Education Chasm – Tamara Bavousett, Simon Curtis, Desiree de la Torre, Amelia Walling Maïga, Valerie P. Pracilio

Semi-Finalists: Click the links to read the full text and PDF entries of our finalists.  We invite you to rate and comment on their respective entries.

• Individual and Systems Based Approaches: Introducing Quality, Coordination, and Patient-Centeredness Into the Health Care Education System - Frank W. Chen
• Laying the foundations for an evolving health care system: health care reform through health education reform – Wael Salem
• Toward Patient-Centered Care: Communication as a Mechanism for Change – Duc M. Chung
• Transformation from Day One: The Call for Team-Building Skills Development in Our Health Education System - Donna Kaminski
• U.S. Health Care Stimulus: Changing the Way We Educate Our Workforce – Morgan Medlock
• MD Connector 2009 Healthcare Reform Essay - Mallika Mendu
• MD Connector Essay Competition - Salim Abboud