Between 1999 and 2004, the Medicine as a Profession (MAP) initiative worked to invigorate the principles of professionalism in medicine to advance trust, quality, and integrity in American health care. Its goal was to reinstill a sense of trust and integrity in the medical profession. Through its grantmaking, MAP has supported efforts by physicians to improve the quality, distribution, and accessibility of health care in the United States. Its work continues with the Institute on Medicine as a Profession, at Columbia University.
Information about the following MAP focus areas may be found in the Focus Areas & Grants section:
- Soros Advocacy Fellowship for Physicians supported physicians to develop or strengthen advocacy skills through collaboration with U.S-based advocacy organizations. View a list of the Soros Advocacy Fellows.
- Soros Service Program for Community Health offered 2004 internship and clerkship opportunities for medical students in Baltimore and New York City.
- Physician-Consumer Alliances supported health care access and accountability through collaboration between consumer and physician organizations.
The Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP), a research institute on medical professionalism at Columbia University, is an outgrowth of the Medicine as a Profession initiative. IMAP conducts research on the past, present, and future roles of professionalism in guiding individual behavior and collective action so that professionalism will be relevant to physicians, leaders of medical organizations, policy analysts, public officials, and consumers.
