What's New
AAMC Lauds ARRA Funds for
National Health Service Corps
AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., says $200 million
in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
will help strengthen access to primary care and assist with the
costs of physician training. (June 8, 2009)
AAMC/HHMI Committee Defines
Scientific Competencies for Future Physicians
A joint report from the AAMC and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(HHMI) recommends that the science component of medical and premedical
education evolve from a static listing of courses to a dynamic set
of competencies. (June 4, 2009)
AAMC-Backed Bill to Improve
Access, Reduce Physician Shortage Introduced in Congress
AAMC-backed legislation has been introduced in Congress to increase
the number of Medicare-supported resident training slots by 15 percent.
(May 5, 2009)
Medical Researchers Come
Together to Remind Congress: Research Means Hope
The AAMC and a coalition of the nation's medical schools, teaching
hospitals, universities, patient groups, research companies and
organizations have launched a new effort to urge Congress to enact
significant, annual increases in funding for the National Institutes
of Health. (April 22, 2009)
Medical Schools, Students,
Teaching Hospitals Celebrate Biggest "Match Day" on Record
Nearly 30,000 Match applicants, including more than 15,000 U.S.
medical school seniors, learn where they will spend the next three
to seven years of residency training. (March 19, 2009)
AAMC Applauds Executive Order
Ending Stem Cell Research Restrictions
The AAMC thanks President Obama for signing an executive order lifting
restrictions on the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell
research. (March 9, 2009)
Dr. Ann C. Bonham to Join
AAMC as Chief Scientific Officer
Ann C. Bonham, Ph.D., executive associate dean for academic affairs
and professor of pharmacology and internal medicine at the University
of California, Davis, School of Medicine, will become the AAMC's
Chief Scientific Officer on July 1. (March 6, 2009)
AAMC News Releases
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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)
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