Ellen Cosgrove, the Health Sciences Center’s Senior Associate Dean of Education, has much to celebrate. The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education has selected Cosgrove to receive the 2006 President’s Award for her outstanding leadership and contribution to education and competence for future medical professionals. In addition this nationally esteemed award, Cosgrove has been selected as a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo (Todai), International Research Center for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine.
Photo: Ellen Cosgrove, HSC Sr. Associate Dean of Education
The American selection committee, led by Thomas Inui, head of the Regenstrief Institute at the University of Indiana, chose Cosgrove based on her prominent experience and dedication to curriculum design and improvement. After a rigorous national search, the Ministry of Education in Japan and University of Tokyo faculty made the final selection.
The oldest and most prestigious university in Japan, the University of Tokyo is taking strides to strengthen its medical program with a more hands-on approach while integrating the importance for public health. From November 2005 to May 2006, Cosgrove will lend her knowledge and expertise to help reform the university’s medical curriculum to more effectively train future medical leaders.
“This opportunity will in turn enhance the curriculum here at UNM,” Cosgrove asserts. “My efforts in Japan will be an extension of the project I have been working on at UNM to integrate public health into the School of Medicine. The key difference here at UNM is viewing public health not as an elective but as an integral component of the curriculum of all medical students. This will equip our graduates to address pressing health issues in New Mexico.”
John Russell, M.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, will act as Senior Associate Dean of Education until Cosgrove returns next May.
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