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About the Group on Information Resources (GIR)
The purpose of the GIR is to provide a forum for individuals in relevant roles of leadership and responsibility to promote excellence in the application and integration of information resources in academic medicine, including medical education, clinical care, medical and health sciences research, health science libraries, public health, and institutional planning.
The GIR fosters:
- the development and continued improvement of information resources in AAMC member medical schools, teaching hospitals and health systems, and academic societies;
- the professional development of leaders of information resources in medical schools and teaching hospitals;
- the development of policies that recognize the fundamental importance of information resources in medical education, health care delivery, clinical care, and basic and clinical research;
- the advancement of research in information resources, medical informatics and related science and technology and the dissemination of the results of that research.
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