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Book SynopsisHow can the example of Morehouse School of Medicine help other health-oriented universities create ideal collaborations between faculty and community-based organizations?Among the 154 medical schools in the United States, Morehouse School of Medicine stands out for its formidable success in improving its surrounding communities. Over its history, Morehouse has become known as an institution committed to community engagement with an interest in closing the health equity gap between people of color and the white majority population. In The Morehouse Model, Ronald L. Braithwaite and his coauthors reveal the lessons learned over the decades since the school's foundinglessons that other medical schools and health systems will be eager to learn in the hope of replicating Morehouse's success. Describing the philosophical, cultural, and contextual grounding of the Morehouse Model, they give concrete examples of it in action before explaining how to foster the collaboration between community-ba
Table of ContentsDedication
Foreword, by Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Morehouse School of Medicine Model
Chapter 2. Social Accountability, Medical Education, and Public Health
Chapter 3. Community-Based Participatory Research
Chapter 4. Evolution of the Morehouse Model for Community Engagement
Chapter 5. Engaging Micropolitan and Rural Communities in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Chapter 6. Educational and Leadership Development—for Communities, by Communities: The Strategic Engagement of Community Health Workers
Chapter 7. The Medical School of Tomorrow
Afterword
Appendixes
Index
