Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service Narrative

This template is to be used to provide your Foreman Award narrative.
You should:
·  Complete the identifying information shown below this block of instructions.
·  Complete the Narrative Categories below (maximum of 6 pages). Your narrative should address the following questions, if applicable
·  COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS
o  Provide a description of your community and its most pressing health needs. Describe how these needs were identified.
o  Institutions are encouraged to include a link to your institution or partner institutions’ Community Health Needs Assessments, with a brief description to remain within the narrative page limit.
·  INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT TO OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE
o  List and describe the institution’s award-related activities in service of the objectives. Each activity should include the following components:
§  Name of activity and brief description
§  SMART goal or objective of the activity
§  Internal and external partners
§  Program evaluation and outcomes, with emphasis on evidence of impact.
·  STRATEGY TO SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
o  How does the institution staff, resource, and sustain its community-focused scholarship and service? How are learners, faculty, staff involved?
o  How are activities coordinated within the institution?
o  How do the institution’s community-focused efforts support the institutional missions of education, research, and clinical care?
·  Delete this block of instructions.
·  Save your final Narrative as a PDF.
NOTES:
·  The total Full Narrative section may not exceed 6 pages.
·  Do not adjust the margins, line spacing (1.15) or font settings of this template (set at Arial 11.)
·  The AAMC Health Equity Inventory at aamc.org/healthequitysystems may be helpful to institutions applying for the Spencer Foreman Award.
·  Refer to the Spencer Foreman Award selection criteria for guidance in completing the narrative template.
Remember to delete this block of instructions before uploading this template.

Legal Name of Applicant Organization: (Legal Name of Applicant Organization goes here)

Applicant Name: (the name of the individual with whom the AAMC should correspond regarding this award)

Applicant Email and Phone:

COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS:

INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT TO OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE:

STRATEGY TO SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL MISSION:

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