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Medical Education

Each year, more than 16,000 students graduate with an M.D. degree from AAMC-member medical schools.

Through residency programs and fellowships, these new physicians continue their education and prepare for diverse careers in patient care, teaching and research.

The AAMC works to ensure that the structure, content, and conduct of medical education meet the highest standards and keep pace with the changing needs of patients and the nation's health care system. AAMC resources assist the leadership, faculty and administrators of medical schools and teaching hospitals in accomplishing their educational missions. In addition, the AAMC operates a variety of programs and services that assist in the medical school and residency application processes.

Featured AAMC Initiatives

MedEdPORTAL
MedEdPORTAL is a Web-based tool that promotes collaboration across disciplines and institutions by facilitating the exchange of high-quality, peer-reviewed educational materials, including PowerPoint presentations, assessment tools, virtual patient cases, and faculty development materials.

Medical School Objectives Project (MSOP)
MSOP is designed to develop general consensus within the medical education community on the skills, attitudes, and knowledge that graduating medical students should possess, and to set forth learning objectives for the medical student education program.

Directory of MD/MPH Educational Opportunities
This directory identifies opportunities for medical students interested in pursuing a degree in public health.

International Opportunities in Medical Education
This site compiles international medical education opportunities at U.S. and Canadian allopathic medical schools. It is a project of the AAMC, the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, and the Global Health Education Consortium.

AAMC Admissions Initiatives
The AAMC pursues many initiatives to broaden the medical school applicant pool, to expand the physician workforce, and to improve the admissions process—with the goal of creating a diverse, capable, and caring physician workforce and ensuring that all Americans have access to competent, caring doctors.

Continuing Education and Performance Improvement
This site's goal is to guide continuing medical education as it moves from a primarily conference-based model to one which employs best educational methods and quality improvement and performance improvement principles to close the clinical care gap.

Industry Funding of Medical Education: Report of an AAMC Task Force (PDF, 43 pages)
This report urges medical schools and teaching hospitals to adopt policies that prohibit drug industry gifts and services to physicians, faculty, residents, and students, and to curtail the involvement of industry in continuing medical education activities.
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Related Member Groups

Council of Academic Societies (CAS)

Council of Deans (COD)

Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA)

Government Relations Representatives (GRR)

Graduate Research, Education, And Training Group (GREAT)

Group on Business Affairs (GBA)

Group on Educational Affairs (GEA)

Group on Information Resources (GIR)

Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA)

Group on Institutional Planning (GIP)

Group on Regional Medical Campuses (GRMC)

Group on Resident Affairs (GRA)

Group on Student Affairs (GSA)

Organization of Resident Representatives (ORR)

Organization of Student Representatives (OSR)

Women in Medicine (WIM)

On the Issue


Why Think About Continuing Medical Education?
Reporter, Jan. 2009

Accelerated M.D. Programs Provide Benefits, But Still Face Skepticism
Reporter, Jan. 2009

Medical Schools Increase Enrollment to Meet Physician Demand Reporter, Nov. 2008

Humanities 101: Poetry and Paintings Enter the Residency Curriculum
Reporter, Nov. 2008

Residency Programs Continue to Respond to Duty Hour Limits
Reporter, Oct. 2008

Who Says Medical Education Hasn't Changed?
MedGenMed Webcast editorial by AAMC President Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., Sept. 2007
(Registration required for free access)

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