What's New
New Academic Medicine
Supplement Highlights Innovations in Medical Education
The supplement helps to underscore the exceptional progress
made in medical education and will help inform discussions
at the invitational "New Horizons Medical Education" conference,
to be held in Washington, D.C., this September. (August
30, 2010)
University and Hospital
Associations Respond to Injunction on Funding of Embryonic
Stem Cell Research
The AAMC, Association of American Universities, Association
of Public and Land-grant Universities, and Council on Governmental
Relations issue a joint statement in response to the federal
district court injunction on federal funding of embryonic
stem cell research. (August 27, 2010)
Frank R. Trinity, J.D.,
Named as AAMC Chief Legal Officer
The AAMC announced that Frank R. Trinity, J.D., will become
the association's new chief legal officer on Sept. 15. Mr.
Trinity currently serves as general counsel for the Corporation
for National and Community Service. (July 27, 2010)
AAMC Responds to Meaningful
Use Rules for HIT
The AAMC says while the nation's teaching hospitals and
medical schools value the role technology plays in advancing
health care, the new rule may present some challenges. (July
13, 2010)
AAMC Applauds Appointment
of Berwick as CMS Administrator
AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., calls Donald
M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., a "champion of innovation...who
believes in advancing patient care." (July 7, 2010)
AAMC Issues New Guidelines
to Address Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Care
AAMC Chief Health Care Officer Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., says
recommendations in the report help "preserve the integrity
of individual relationships between physicians and their patients."
(June 30, 2010)
AAMC Praises Draft
Duty Hour Standards for Medical Residents
The AAMC says the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education's proposed standards send a clear message that patient
safety and high-quality care are the most important lessons
a new physician must learn. (June 23, 2010)
White House Health
Care Leader Robert Kocher Addresses AAMC Leadership Forum
Robert Kocher, M.D., special assistant to President Obama
for health care and a member of the National Economic Council,
challenged medical schools and teaching hospitals to be leaders
in health care reform. (June 23, 2010)
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AAMC Chief Academic Officer John Prescott, M.D., (right) and Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., (left) Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, The George Washington University School of Public Health, discuss a recent study which examined the "societal mission" of U.S. medical schools on The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU 88.5 FM.
Photo credit: Brendan Sweeney, WAMU 88.5 |
AAMC Says HHS Investment
in Health Care Workforce Is an Important First Step to Address
Shortages
AAMC Chief Advocacy Officer Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D., says
this is the first of many necessary steps to address the physician
shortage and expand America's access to care. (June 17,
2010)
AAMC Says Medical Schools
Fulfill "Societal Mission" in Many Ways
The AAMC says new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine
provides a limited picture of how medical schools serve
society. (June 15, 2010)
AAMC Comments on Proposed
Conflicts of Interest Rules
AAMC Chief Science Officer Ann Bonham, Ph.D., said the
proposed rules show the National Institutes of Health's committment
to preserving the public's trust and the integrity of research.
(May 20, 2010)
More News Releases
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Data Resources
FACTS: Applicants, Matriculants, Graduates, and Residency Applicants
Tables of comprehensive, objective data on medical school
applicants, matriculants, enrollment, and graduates
AAMC-Member
Medical Schools
AAMC-Member
Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems
Diversity
in the Physician Workforce: Facts and Figures 2006
More Data Resources
Publications and Reports
Medical
School Expansion: Challenges and Strategies
Describes challenges that medical schools face as they expand
medical student class size and the strategies they employ
to overcome those challenges. (Jan. 2008)
2007
State Physician Workforce Data Book (PDF)
This report examines the active physician supply in each state,
medical school enrollment, and physicians in graduate medical
education programs. Includes tables. (Nov. 2007)
Medical
School Tuition and Young Physician Indebtedness (An Update
to the 2004 Report) (Oct. 2007)
More Publications
Frequently Requested Resources
2008 Match
More than 15,000 U.S. medical school seniors applied for residency
positions through the NRMP this year, and 94 percent of them
matched to a program of their choice—the most successful
Match in 30 years.
Analysis
in Brief: Challenges and Strategies of Medical School Expansion
(PDF)
Medical school administrators face many obstacles throughout
their expansion efforts—including a lack of faculty resources,
financial resources, and classroom and training space—but
careful planning can help overcome these challenges. (Feb.
2008)
Culture and the Courage to Change
In his President's Address at the association's 2007 annual
meeting, Dr. Darrell G. Kirch urged medical school and teaching
hospital leadership to change the culture of academic medicine
by emphasizing "collaboration, shared accountability,
and team performance." (Nov. 4, 2007)
AAMC President
and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., Biography and Photos
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