What's New
Medical School Enrollment
Projected to Rise
An annual survey on medical school expansion indicates that
first-year enrollment in U.S. medical schools is estimated
to grow 21 percent (3,400 students per year) by 2012. (May
1, 2008)
AAMC Adopts Position
on "Medical Home" System of Care
The AAMC has adopted a formal position on the "medical home"
model of health care delivery, which provides patients with
a coordinated, comprehensive approach to primary care. (March
25, 2008)
 U.S.
Medical School Seniors Enjoy Most Successful "Match Day" in
30 Years
Across the nation today, more than 15,000 U.S. medical school
seniors will attend "Match Day" ceremonies to learn where
they will spend their years of residency training. More than
94 percent of seniors who applied for residencies this year
were paired with a program of their choice—the highest
percentage in more than three decades. (March 20, 2008)
AAMC's MedEdPORTAL
Will Offer Dental Education Materials
Through a new partnership with the American Dental Education
Association, the AAMC will expand its MedEdPORTAL teaching
tools repository to include dental education resources. (March
19, 2008)
AAMC News Releases >>
Frequently Requested Resources
2008 Match
More than 15,000 U.S. medical school seniors applied for residency
positions through the NRMP this year, and 94 percent of them
matched to a program of their choice—the most successful
Match in 30 years.
Analysis in Brief: Challenges and Strategies of Medical School Expansion (PDF, 2 pages)
Medical school administrators face many obstacles throughout their expansion efforts—including a lack of faculty resources, financial resources, and classroom and training space—but careful planning can help overcome these challenges. (Feb. 2008)
Culture and the Courage to Change
In his President's Address at the association's 2007 annual meeting, Dr. Darrell
G. Kirch urged medical school and teaching hospital leadership
to change the culture of academic medicine by emphasizing
"collaboration, shared accountability, and team performance."
(Nov. 4, 2007)
AAMC President
and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., Biography and Photos
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Data Resources
FACTS
Tables of comprehensive, objective data on medical school
applicants, matriculants, enrollment, and graduates
Number of U.S. Medical Schools
Teaching Selected Topics, 2004-2005
AAMC-Member
Medical Schools Listing
AAMC-Member
Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems Listing
Diversity
in the Physician Workforce: Facts and Figures 2006
More Data Resources >>
Publications and Reports
Medical
School Expansion: Challenges and Strategies
Describes challenges that medical schools face as they expand
medical student class size and the strategies they employ
to overcome those challenges. (Jan. 2008)
2007 State Physician Workforce Data Book
This report examines the active physician supply in each state, medical school enrollment, and physicians in graduate medical education
programs. Includes tables. (PDF, 39 pages - Nov. 2007)
Medical
School Tuition and Young Physician Indebtedness (An Update
to the 2004 Report) (Oct. 2007)
More Publications >>
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Recurring Publications
AAMC Reporter
Academic Medicine
Analysis in Brief
AAMC STAT—Short,
Topical and Timely
Washington Highlights
Top Issues
Diversity in Medicine
Financial Conflicts of Interest
in Clinical Research (press kit)
Geriatrics in Medical
Education (press kit)
Health Care Quality
Medical Student Debt
NIH Funding (press kit)
Physician Workforce (press kit)
Protecting America's Uninsured
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