What's New
AAMC to Honor National Award Recipients
At the upcoming Annual Meeting in San Antonio, the AAMC will award
national recognition to nine individuals and one medical school
for their outstanding contributions to academic medicine.
AAMC Comments on the Resignation
of NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D.
AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., thanks Dr. Elias
Zerhouni for his contributions and years of service as director
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (Sept. 24, 2008)
AAMC Opposes State Ballot
Initiatives to End Race-Conscious Admissions Policies and Hiring
Practices
AAMC has opposed upcoming ballot initiatives in Colorado and Nebraska
banning race-conscious practices, believing such policies will hamper
efforts to increase diversity in the physician workforce. (Sept.
16, 2008)
AAMC Names New Chief Health
Care Officer
Dr. Joanne Conroy, executive vice president of Atlantic Health System
and chief operating officer of Morristown Memorial Hospital, will
be the association's new chief health care officer. (Sept.
2, 2008)
New Hospital Quality Information
Added to Hospital Compare Web Site
The AAMC and other members of the Hospital Quality Alliance have
added new data on hospital mortality rates for pneumonia patients
and pediatric asthma care to Hospital Compare. (Aug.
20, 2008)
Congress Commended for Medicare
Veto Override
The AAMC has commended Congress for voting to override President
Bush's veto of legislation that averts major reductions in Medicare
physician payments. (July 17, 2008)
AAMC Applauds Congress for
Extending Medicaid Moratorium
Congress has passed legislation to prohibit any regulatory action
on Medicaid funding for graduate medical education until April 1,
2009. (June 27, 2008)
AAMC Thanks Senate Committee
for NIH Funding Increase
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a $1.025 billion
increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (June 27,
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
|
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 >> |
For the Media |
