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Medical School Leaders Express Support for Stem Cell Research in New AAMC Ad (PDF)
Seventy-five leaders of the nation's medical schools signed an ad in the Sept. 3 Washington Post urging Congress to act now to make sure that lifesaving stem cell research can continue in the wake of the Aug. 23 court decision prohibiting further federal funding. The ad asks that legislators resolve the issue "once and for all" by passing legislation ensuring "continued federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research under the NIH's rigorous ethical guidelines." (Sept. 3, 2010)

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. (Aug. 30, 2010)

AAMC Submits Joint Comment Letter on Conflicts of Interest Rule (PDF)
The AAMC, the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities submit comments to Health and Human Services on the proposed rule for conflicts of interest. (Aug. 17, 2010)

Read AAMC Analyses on Health Care Reform
Analyses of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" are available, including summaries of the measure's provisions on direct graduate medical education, and indirect medical education payments. (July 28, 2010)

Assessment of Medical Student Professionalism Development
MedEdPORTAL offers this new resource, which contains everything an educator or medical school needs to assess student professionalism. (Aug. 16, 2010)

AAMC Publications

Analysis in Brief
Read two new issues: "Diversity of U.S. Medical School Students by Parental Education" and "Trends in Tenure for Clinical M.D. Faculty in U.S. Medical Schools: A 25-Year Review."

Clinical Faculty Satisfaction with the Academic Medicine Workplace

In the Interest of Patients: Recommendations for Physician Financial Relationships and Clinical Decision Making

Promotion Rates for First-time Assistant and Associate Professors Appointed from 1967 to 1997Analysis in Brief, May 2010

Roadmap to Diversity: Integrating Holistic Review Practices into Medical School Admission Processes

AAMC Data Book: Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals by the Numbers 2010

Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2010-2011

NRMP Publication: NRMP Results and Data 2010 Main Residency Match

AAMC Reporter
The July issue includes "A Word from the President: Do We Have What It Takes to Transform Academic Medicine?"

AAMC STAT
Subscribe to learn about news and initiatives at the AAMC and our member institutions every Monday morning.

Washington Highlights
Subscribe to receive a wrap-up of relevant news from the Hill every Friday.

Academic Medicine
The August issue includes articles on leadership issues, institutional issues, technology in medicine, and more.

 
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