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General

Medical Students with Disabilities: A Generation of Practice
This publication provides an overview of the status of the law today regarding students with disabilities. Guidance provided in the document is not a substitute for case-specific legal advice. This publication provides a general sense of how to work through the challenging application of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA in the context of medical education.

Executive Summary of ADA Booklet
This 1993 handbook provides an overview of the ADA and the antecedent Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

GSA Meeting Types (PDF, 2 pages) This document, outlining the purpose, audience, format, and content of various AAMC/GSA meetings, was approved at the January 31, 2002, GSA Steering Committee Meeting.

Careers in Medicine
A career planning program designed to assist students in choosing a specialty

Chemical Impairment Guidelines
These guidelines are intended to assist medical schools in the development of policies and programs to insure appropriate care for any medical students who are impaired due to chemical abuse.

Extramural Electives Compendium—Elective Program Coordinator Login (AAMC Login required)
Extramural Electives Compendium—Public Search Page
The Extramural Electives Compendium (EEC) contains essential information for medical students about elective opportunities at Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)-accredited medical schools in the United States and Canada. Contact Danielle Gregory at dgregory@aamc.org for any other additional information you may required.

Infectious Disease Handbook for Medical School Student Affairs Officers (Second Edition)
This handbook is intended as a resource for those who are concerned about the transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting. It contains information about common hospital-acquired agents, methods of transmission, risks of infectivity, and control/prevention procedures.

Institutional Programs and Educational Activities to Address the Needs of GLBT Students and Patients (PDF, 2 pages)
These recommendations address medical school responses to the needs of and educational programming for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) medical students and attitudes toward GLBT students and patients. 

Appropriate Treatment in Medicine (ATM): A Compendium on Medical Student Mistreatment
This compendium provides information to support and enrich program and policy development at each medical school regarding methods of preventing student mistreatment and responding promptly to complaints.

The AAMC Roadmap to Residency: From Application to the Match and Beyond provides comprehensive information about the process of making application to graduate medical education programs in the United States. It includes a description of candidacy requirements, factors involved in specialty choice, possible criteria for residency selection, and information about matching processes, program visits, and potential application outcomes, as well as about the transition from medical school to residency. The document also includes a bibliography of valuable print resources and a "Webliography" of useful Web resources. It was created to provide information for all applicants to U.S. residency programs, whether they are enrolled in, or graduates of, medical schools located in the United States or in other countries.

AAMC Recommended Reading: Group on Student Affairs

Annual Meeting 2008 - Information and Handouts 2008

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Admissions

AAMC Recommendations for Medical School Admission Officers
The recommended procedures to be followed by medical school admission officers in the application and admission processes at AAMC-member medical schools.

AAMC Recommendations for Medical School Applicants
The recommended procedures to be followed by medical school applicants in the application and admission processes at AAMC-member medical schools.

Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs (AAMC Login Required)
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs—Searchable Database
A number of schools now offer postbaccalaureate premedical programs designed to assist individuals in preparing for medical school. This database can be searched by state, school/institution name, undergraduate or graduate program, degree type and special program focus.

Transfer Policies for Applicants (AAMC Login Required)
Transfer Policies for ApplicantsPublic Search Page
This application has been designed to allow administrators access to add new transfer policy records or update their existing records. The public search page gives students access to an online database of medical school transfer policy records.

Handbook for Student Admissions Officers
The Handbook for Admissions Officers compiles key information, examples of best office practices, and general wisdom based on decades of experience. The members of the 2002-2003 GSA National Committee on Admissions, along with other experienced admissions office personnel, created this document as a resource guide for both the new and the experienced admissions officer.

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Financial Aid

2008 Professional Development Conference (PDC) Session Presentations

FIRST for Medical Education
FIRST offers a full range of financial information resources, services, and tools for applicants, medical school students, residents, advisors, and financial aid officers. Our goal is to help medical school borrowers expand their financial literacy, make smart decisions about student loans, and manage their student debt wisely.

Financial Education and Wellness
This AAMC COSFA-developed curriculum helps medical students gain the practical knowledge and tools necessary to make effective financial decisions. PowerPoint slide shows explain five key financial competencies for financial management.

GradPLUS Consolidation: More Questions than Answers—AGAIN (PDF, 2 pages)

Handbook for Financial Aid Officers (PDF, 83 pages)
A resource for both new and experienced financial aid administrators

LCME 1b Data Reports (AAMC Login Required)

(MD)2—Monetary Decisions for Medical Doctors
An electronic resource manual for financial planning throughout a medical career

Financial Aid Forms Required by Medical SchoolsFinancial Aid Personnel Login (AAMC Login required)
Financial Aid Forms Required by Medical Schools Public Search Page
This application has been designed to allow financial aid personnel to add their school's financial aid filing requirements to our online database. The online search tool is available to the public. Contact Denine Hales at dhales@aamc.org to request a password or for more information.

Sample Codes of Conduct
A compliation of Codes of Conduct provided for your reference

Sample RFP's and RFI's
A compilation of RFP's and RFI's provided for your reference

Satisfactory Academic Progress (PDF, 14 pages)
Essentials for compliance at medical schools

State Loan and Other Loan Repayment/Forgiveness and Scholarship Programs
A compilation of U.S. programs that offer financial assistance, in the form of loan repayments, for a commitment to service

Statement of Effective Interactions in Financial Aid (PDF, 4 pages)
This document contains recommendations for consideration by the medical school financial aid community as medical schools establish institutional guidelines for interactions between schools and their commercial partners in financial aid.

USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam FAQ's
The following compilation of FAQ's should addrss some of the concerns financial aid officers have about this requirement. Test Sites and Hotel Discounts for USMLE Step 2 CS Exams.

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Minority Affairs

MAS Guidelines for the Structure and Functions of Minority Affairs Offices at U.S. Medical Schools
Helpful information to help minority affairs offices develop plans or to review the functions of an existing office

Minorities in Medicine
Resources for minorities considering a career in medicine

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
Summer educational enhancement program designed to help promising students interested in promoting diversity within medicine gain admission to medical school.

Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar
The Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar program is designed for junior faculty (senior fellows, instructors, and assistant professors) who are members of underrepresented minority groups and who aspire to positions of leadership in academic medicine.

DHHS Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 2003-2004
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions, announces the 2003-2004 competition for student papers for the Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Student Affairs

A Guide to the Preparation of the Medical Student Performance Evaluation
This guide introduces the Medical Student Performance Evaluation, which replaces the former "Dean's Letter." Initiated in 2002, the MSPE is the means by which medical schools provide an assessment of students' academic performance and professional attributes in medical school to graduate medical education program directors as a component of the residency application process.  A Professionalism Assessment Form (PDF, 2 pages) was developed by the MSPE Advisory Committee and is made available for adoption or adaptation by medical schools desiring to assess and report on the professionalism attributes of their students.

Student Health Services Guidelines (1992, "Immunizations" Revised 2006) (PDF, 3 pages)
A listing of health service guidelines, approved in 1992 and revised in 2006, for general topics, insurance, mental health, chemical dependency, immunization, and occupational exposure.

Student Healthcare and Insurance Program Recommendations (2005) (PDF, 2 pages)
Eighteen additional recommendations, approved in 2005, that address medical student healthcare and health, liability, evacuation, and disability insurance.

Student Mistreatment Guidelines
A discussion about the medical learning environments expectation to facilitate students' acquisition of the professional and collegial attitudes necessary for effective, caring, and compassionate health care.

Summer Make-Up Courses Compendium
This searchable database is available for search during the spring semester of each academic year.

Guidelines for the Consideration of Applications for Transfer or Advanced Standing (PDF, 2 pages)
These guidelines, by the Group on Student Affairs Steering Committee, were established to assist medical schools in the handling of applications.

Transfer Policies for Applicants - Public Search Page
Search through our online database of medical school transfer policy records.

GSA Crisis Response and Intervention Education Resource (GSA-CRIER)
View the GSA-CRIER, the resource document on crisis management being developed for the GSA community by the GSA Committee on Student Affairs (COSA).

Handbook for Student Affairs Officers
This Handbook for Student Affairs Officers is a compilation of information regarding the roles, responsibilities, and critical functions of the Student Affairs officer, best practices of Student Affairs offices, and resources available for Student Affairs personnel. The GSA National Committee on Student Affairs created this document as a resource guide for both the new and experienced Student Affairs officer, as well as for members of their professional and administrative staffs.

Informational Guide to Effective Practices for Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender

Student Affairs Handouts

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Student Records

Guidelines for Maintaining Active and Permanent Individual Student Records (PDF, 3 pages)
These guidelines (approved by the AAMC Executive Council in February 2005) were developed by the GSA National Committee on Student Records to assist medical school student records officers in developing and implementing medical school policies relating to the maintenance of academic records for currently enrolled students, former students, and graduates.

Guidelines for Medical School Regarding Academic Transcripts (Revised 2006) (PDF, 5 pages)
Revised guidelines for medical schools regarding academic transcripts

GME Track
This resident database and tracking system assists GME administrators and program directors in the collection and management of GME data.

Student Records System (SRS) (AAMC Login required)
This centralized, online enrollment information enables all medical school student records administrators to track all individual students during their progress from matriculation through graduation. The SRS also supports the LCME in reporting enrollment measures. A more extensive introduction to the SRS is available.

Student Records Administrators Handbook
This handbook, first prepared by the Group on Student Affairs (GSA) ad hoc Committee on Medical Licensure (1996-97) and revised by the GSA National Committee on Student Records (in 1998 and 2001), is intended as a resource guide for medical school registrars, as well as a source of general information for every student affairs professional. This handbook is available as a PDF and in paper format from the Section for Student Services. Contact Danielle Gregory at dgregory@aamc.org to request a hard copy.

Visiting Student Guidelines:

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