How We Serve and Lead

The AAMC is guided by nine strategic priorities:

Serve as the voice and advocate for academic medicine on medical education, research, and health care.

As the leading voice of the academic medical community, the AAMC represents the interests of the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals before Congress, federal regulatory agencies, and the executive branch on a wide range of issues, including Medicare and Medicaid funding, federal support for medical research, federal student loan programs, health professions education funding, and veterans' medical care and health research.
Government Affairs and Advocacy

Lead innovation along the continuum of medical education to meet the health needs of the public.

Each year, more than 16,000 students graduate with an M.D. degree from AAMC-member medical schools, and more than 100,000 resident physicians continue their training at teaching hospitals and associated community sites across the country. The AAMC works to ensure that the medical education and advanced preparation of these new doctors meet the highest standards to keep pace with the changing needs of patients and the nation's health care system.
Medical Education

Facilitate development of a health system that meets the needs of all for access, safety, and quality of care.

The teaching hospital and health system members of the AAMC, which train 70 percent of all resident physicians, provide the world's most advanced medical care. Although they constitute just 6 percent of U.S. hospitals, AAMC members account for nearly one-quarter of all hospital admissions and provide nearly half of all hospital charity care nationwide. They also operate half of all organ transplant and Level I trauma centers, and house two-thirds of all burn unit beds.
America's Teaching Hospitals

Strengthen the national commitment to discovery that promotes health and enhances the treatment of disease and disability.

More than half of all National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants are awarded to physicians and scientists at the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals. Through numerous individual and collaborative efforts, the AAMC is a leading national advocate for the biomedical, behavioral, and health sciences research communities.
Medical Research

Lead efforts to increase diversity in medicine.

To increase diversity in medical education and to advance health care equity in the United States, AAMC efforts focus on four general areas: diversifying the applicant pool and encouraging more African Americans, Latinos/as, and Native Americans to consider medicine as a career through career fairs, summer enrichment programs, and online resources; working to reduce health disparities; supporting a more diverse medical school faculty and administration; and conducting research on the impact of diversity.
Diversity

Be a valued and reliable resource for data, information, and services.

In addition to services for medical school applicants and students, such as the MCAT exam, AMCAS, and ERAS, the AAMC provides leaders of medical schools and teaching hospitals with an extensive array of data to support their missions. These resources include salary surveys, benchmarking tools, physician workforce projections, and online databases to help member institutions manage their operations and attain their objectives.
Surveys and Data

Help our members identify, implement, and sustain organizational performance improvement.

Various AAMC initiatives help our members identify and disseminate best practices for organizational effectiveness and improvement, as well as highlight innovative management practices inside and outside academic medicine.
Organizational Performance Improvement

Provide outstanding leadership and professional development to meet the most critical needs of our members.

Professional development and networking opportunities are provided for members through the association's 15 professional development groups and more than 70 meetings held each year around the nation. The AAMC annual meeting continues to be the largest regular gathering of leaders in academic medicine.
Membership

Nurture a culture at the AAMC that promotes excellence in service to our members and the public good.

The association operates with a team of more than 500 professional and support staff, all of whom are committed to a culture of collaboration and information-sharing as they work on behalf of AAMC members to further their missions.
Careers at the AAMC