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About the AAMC
The AAMC and the medical schools, teaching
hospitals, academic and professional societies, faculty,
residents, and students we represent are committed to
improving the nation's health through medical
education, research, and high-quality patient care. We
are dedicated to the communities we serve, committed
to advancing the public good, and steadfast in our
desire to earn and keep the public's trust for the role
we are privileged to play in our society.
Our Mission and Vision
Mission
The AAMC serves and leads
the academic medicine community to
improve the health of all.
Vision
The vision of the AAMC and its members is a healthy
nation and world in which:
- America's system of medical education, through
continual renewal and innovation, prepares physicians
and scientists to meet the nation's evolving health
needs
- The nation's medical students, biomedical graduate
students, residents, fellows, faculty, and the health
care workforce are diverse and culturally competent
- Advances in medical knowledge, therapies, and
technologies prevent disease, alleviate suffering, and
improve quality of life
- The nation's health system meets the needs of all
- Concern for compassion, quality, safety, efficacy,
accountability, affordability, professionalism, and the
public good guide the health care community
- Medical schools and teaching hospitals continually
earn the trust and support of the public for their
special missions
- The AAMC and our members are a dynamic force in
realizing this vision.
Strategic Priorities
The AAMC will act to meet its mission and fulfill
its vision through the
following nine strategic priorities:
- Serve as the voice and advocate for academic medicine on medical education, research, and health care
- Lead innovation along the continuum of medical education to meet the health needs of the public
- Facilitate development of a health system that meets
the needs of all for access, safety, and quality of care
- Strengthen the national commitment to discovery
that promotes health and enhances the treatment of
disease and disability
- Lead efforts to increase diversity in medicine
- Be a valued and reliable resource for data, information,
and services
- Help our members identify, implement, and sustain
organizational performance improvement
- Provide outstanding leadership and professional
development to meet the most critical needs of our
members
- Nurture a culture at the AAMC that promotes excellence
in service to our members and the public good
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