HMI partnership with new hospital hopes to strengthen Zimbabwe health care system
An HMI team visited Zimbabwe this spring to see the completion of a new, modern hospital facility, one of the first fruits of a partnership with the Zimbabwe Heath Care Trust.

Scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment and care in India
Dr. Mannu Setia of India, a participant in HMI’s WHARF program, is helping to address the challenges in HIV care in India for a special edition of the book HIV.

Harvard Macy Institute addresses the ACGME learning curve
Six competencies have been defined as criteria for professional development of residents and postgraduate fellows. This May’s session of the Program for Physician-Educators will address the challenge of teaching these new competencies.

Defining professionalism
Jennifer Doyle, who is developing the professionalism piece of the Harvard Macy curriculum, talks about the challenge of defining objective criteria for good professional conduct.

Upcoming courses and events
Program for Leaders in Medical Education
June 15-20, 2003, Boston, MA

AAMC Harvard Macy Institute Annual Reception
Nov. 9, 2003, 6:00 pm
Washington, DC

The new ABCs of vitamin and mineral intake
Harvard Women’s Health Watch

Are antidepressants placebos?
Harvard Mental Health Letter

Forecasting method predicts floods of drug-resistant bacteria
Focus

Lupus linked to sun exposure
The Center for Blood Research

Stroke risk increases with every cigarette smoked, study finds
Brigham and Women’s Hospital