Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence

Academic medicine strives towards excellence in research, education, and clinical care. However, what marks excellence in clinical care is not often well-defined, and as such goes underrecognized. The Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence aims to recognize and promote excellence in patient care at Johns Hopkins, for the benefit of the individuals and the communities that we serve.

The MCACE was created in 2006 with a generous gift from Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson to support the pursuit of clinical excellence at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine through the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine.

[Clinical excellence] is a coming together of… communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism and humanism, diagnostic acumen, skillful negotiation of the health care system, knowledge, taking a scholarly approach to clinical practice, and having passion for clinical medicine.

Christmas et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2008

[Clinical excellence] is a coming together of… communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism and humanism, diagnostic acumen, skillful negotiation of the health care system, knowledge, taking a scholarly approach to clinical practice, and having passion for clinical medicine.

Investigating What Makes Clinical Excellence

Clinical Excellence in Academic Medicine