All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine receives first national grant to train medical residents

All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine just received its first national grant from the The Hearst Foundations for $100,000. The grant will help fund the exclusive Leadership Executive Academic Development (LEAD) curriculum provided to medical residents in All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine pediatric residency program. LEAD is a two-week program focused on transforming the residents from pediatric physicians to pediatric physician leaders.

"We admire All Children's thoughtful and innovative approach to residency training, and look forward to these doctors' inspired service to their patients and the health care field in the years ahead," said Mason Granger, director of grants at The Hearst Foundations.

The curriculum during the LEAD program focuses on areas such as communications, ethics, cultural competency, the business of medicine, patient safety and personalized approaches to care. The program allows residents to apply the knowledge and skills from these sessions to actual patient cases, and gather feedback from their peers and other leaders on how to apply these topics to patient care and their career development.

"Our residency program is doing what no other program has done before through this type of training," said Raquel Hernandez, M.D. M.P.H., director of medical education for All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine. "The LEAD program allows us to bridge the gap between traditional physician training and modern medicine by revamping the model for residency programs."

"The Hearst Foundations' support is an investment in some of the best and brightest new pediatric medical talent. Their gift will help us grow the next generation of physician leaders with a focus on patient safety, the highest quality of care and the best outcomes for our young patients of today and tomorrow," added Jenine Rabin, executive vice president of the All Children's Hospital Foundation.

First and second year residents in the All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine pediatric residency program complete their LEAD training annually starting in mid-September.