The 世界杯赌场盘口 医学院 has received the prestigious Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding 社区参与 from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The award highlights the university’s longstanding commitment to supporting the Kansas City area and its underserved populations. 根据AAMC, UMKC has displayed unwavering dedication to reaching community members through nontraditional avenues of health care with low- and no-cost clinics, 社区活动, 教育机会及更多.

The 医学院 is the only recipient of this award in 2023, further cementing its reputation of inclusion and community success. To 医学院 Dean Mary Anne Jackson, M.D., this award is a checkpoint, rather than a finish line.

“我们很荣幸获得这个奖项, not only for the recognition of our hardworking students, 教职员工, but for the visibility this brings to schools of medicine, 像我们这样的, 寻求更好的社区,杰克逊说. “Being a medical professional and working with wonderful collaborators at the 医学院 and our affiliates is choosing every day to deliver the highest level of care to all people, regardless of who they are or where they come from. Connecting with the community through our many outreach efforts is teaching our students that optimizing care for all can occur in real time, and I can’t wait to see what more we can accomplish together.”

More than 60 key community partnerships help make university outreach successful. UMKC与企业之间的紧密联系, 宗教团体, 社区组织, youth groups and local leaders have all played a key role in identifying areas of need and how UMKC can best serve.

One of the champions of community engagement, Jannette Berkley-Patton, Ph.D., director of the UMKC Health Equity Institute, has been spearheading these efforts throughout her career at the university.

“We’ve received this honor because of our stellar community partners, staff and students who are committed to improving the health of Kansas Citians,伯克利-巴顿说. “We are being recognized on a national level because of their desire to make the world a better place, and I am honored to have a part in this community engagement journey. Thank you to everyone involved who has made this work possible.”

杰克逊县行政长官弗兰克·怀特. has played a key role in Our Healthy Jackson County’s success.

“This award is a special opportunity for our community to recognize all the hard work that UMKC and their community partners, staff and students do to bring health care to Jackson County,怀特说. "Seeing the community become healthier together is proof that the Our Healthy Jackson County program needs and deserves the county’s investment now and in the future. 在UMKC的支持下, we are truly making a difference in our residents’ lives and it’s rewarding to know that our work is being recognized on a national level for others to follow."

在10月10日的在线颁奖典礼上. 25, the AAMC noted that the impact of the university is “Evident in its outcomes,” citing the success of Our Health Jackcon County and the university’s partnership with KC Faith Community Action Board.

Jackson and Berkley-Patton will accept the award Nov. 在西雅图举行的AAMC会议上.

AAMC presenters said: “Community engagement at UMKC has a profound impact on learners, helping them to become more compassionate practitioners. When sharing his experience with the Community Health 研究 Group and the Health Equity Institute, 由博士领导. Jannette Berkley-Patton, fourth-year medical student Alex Geyer notes, ‘engaging with the community face-to-face, 在临床环境之外, will help me be a physician worthy of my patients’ trust and serve as a role model for future budding physicians.”