What's New
AAMC Commends the President
for Supporting NIH Research and Medicare
AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., applauds President
Obama's budget proposal that will allow medical schools and
teaching hospitals to continue providing Americans with the
care they need. (Feb. 2, 2010)
AAMC, AAU and APLU
Praise President Obama for Increased NIH Funding
The Association of American Medical Colleges, the Association
of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public
and Land-grant Universities (APLU) applaud the administration
for a $1 billion increase to the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) in fiscal 2011. (Feb. 1, 2010)
AAMC Board of Directors
Begins 2009-2010 Term
The 17-member board includes the AAMC president, chair, chair-elect,
immediate past chair, and chairs and chairs-elect of the association's
three member councils. (Dec. 18, 2009)
Dr. Marc A. Nivet to
Join AAMC as Chief Diversity Officer
Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D., will provide strategic vision
for all of the AAMC's diversity and inclusion activities and
will lead the association's Diversity Policy and Programs
department. (Dec. 7, 2009)
New AAMC Resource:
2009 State Physician Workforce Data Book
This publication contains the most current data and rankings
by state for the U.S. physician supply, medical school enrollment,
graduate medical education, and the retention of physicians.
(Nov. 17, 2009)
Dr. Deborah E. Powell,
of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Becomes AAMC
Chair
Thomas J. Lawley, M.D., dean of Emory University School of
Medicine, was named chair-elect and will succeed Dr. Powell
as chair of the association next year. (Nov. 9, 2009)
AAMC President Calls
on Academic Medicine to Accept "The Innovation Imperative"
In his president's address, delivered to more than 3,700 attendees
at the AAMC's 2009 annual meeting in Boston, Darrell G. Kirch,
M.D., said that academic medical centers are "natural
leaders" given their culture shift toward patient-centered,
quality-focused, and team-based care delivery. (Nov. 8,
2009)
Medical Schools and
Teaching Hospitals Make the Case for Research Funding
Leaders of the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals
joined with patients, scientists, doctors, and industry leaders
at the ResearchMeansHope.org press conference in support of
medical research funding. (Oct. 21, 2009)
Medical School Enrollment
Continues to Rise to Meet Physician Need
First-year enrollment in the nation's medical schools rose
this year by 2 percent over 2008 to nearly 18,400 students. (Oct. 20, 2009)
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Data Resources
FACTS: Applicants, Matriculants, Graduates, and Residency Applicants
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
AAMC-Member
Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems
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 (PDF)
This report examines the active physician supply in each state,
medical school enrollment, and physicians in graduate medical
education programs. Includes tables. (Nov. 2007)
Medical
School Tuition and Young Physician Indebtedness (An Update
to the 2004 Report) (Oct. 2007)
More Publications
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)
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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