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Request for Proposals

The RFP for academic year 2024-2025 project activities (Cohort 2) Is currently Closed.

Next cycle will open Fall 2024.

 
 

NICHE Medical supports medical schools to implement curriculum about health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through a multi-year partnership between the AADMD and Elevance Health. 

If you have any questions about this NICHE Medical application or the application process, please email our NICHE Medical Team at niche-med@aadmd.org.

 

The Goal of NICHE Medical is…

to provide training to medical students in the field of developmental medicine & inspire a medical career focused on individuals with IDD across the lifespan.

 

The project aims to:

  • Impact medical students’ attitudes, knowledge, and/or skills to address underlying ableism and address how future physicians think about disability

  • Apply a lens of health equity and intersectionality, centering people with IDD, but fostering conversation and learning about issues faced by other disability and minoritized populations

 

We will award Medical School Partners a $15,000 grant to implement curriculum enhancements that address gaps in medical education regarding patients with IDD.  AADMD believes it is essential to include self-advocates with IDD in curriculum efforts. Schools should be prepared to work with community partner(s) to ensure meaningful inclusion of self-advocates in curriculum development and delivery. 

Medical School Partners will get access to resources and technical assistance from AADMD to ensure project success.

 

AADMD Resources and Technical Assistance

  • Knowledge Test: Multiple-choice, USMLE format. Maps to Goals and Objectives

  • Attitudes Survey (currently undergoing validation)

  • Technical assistance regarding study design, data collection and analysis, evaluation plan development, and lessons learned from experience with 20+ medical schools.

  Medical School Partner’s Role

  • Creates teaching materials (what is taught—facilitator guides, lectures slides, etc.) 

  •  Uses different teaching methodologies (how the content is taught—electives, lectures, patient panels, etc.) to allow for flexibility based on local context

  • Implements data collection and evaluation plan (co-created with NICHE Medical Project Team)

  • Meaningful and intentional partnership with self-advocates and community partners

 

Timeline

  • The Cohort 3 RFP will open Fall 2024 for project activity implementation during academic year 2025-2026.

Funding Schedule

Funding is tied to the following deliverables

  • MOU signed

    • $4000

  • Evaluation Data:  Successful completion of evaluation plan, as specified in the MOU.  Medical School Partners should propose an evaluation plan as part of their application.  If selected for funding, Medical School Partner and the NICHE Medical Project Team will co-create a detailed evaluation plan, which will be included in the MOU between AADMD and the medical school.  

    • $5000

  • Final Report:  Details of the Final Report will be discussed upon signing MOUs.  At minimum, the Final Report should include a narrative report, evaluation data, and a summary of course evaluations 

    • $6000